Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fragilariacean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frag-i-lar-i-acean
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the family Fragilariaceae of diatoms.

Example Sentences

"Several recent molecular phylogenies of diatoms indicated that the Plagiogrammaceae were part of araphid diatoms and positioned in a clade containing some fragilariacean and rhaphoneidacean diatoms at the base of araphid pennate diatoms."

Etymology

From Fragilariaceae + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Fragilariaceae

Questions

What does fragilariacean mean?: Of or relating to the family Fragilariaceae of diatoms.
Where does fragilariacean come from?: From Fragilariaceae + -an.

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