Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

excavatrix

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ca-va-trix
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female that excavates; a female excavator.

Example Sentences

"Later, the excavatrix becomes a baker: she kneads the cakes for the children into cylinders; the father is then the baker’s boy."

Etymology

Probably from the scientific Latin specific epithet excavatrix. By surface analysis, excavate + -trix.

Inflected Forms

excavatrices (plural)

Questions

What does excavatrix mean?: A female that excavates; a female excavator.
Where does excavatrix come from?: Probably from the scientific Latin specific epithet excavatrix. By surface analysis, excavate + -trix.

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