Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gabelzhan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gabelzhan
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The offset and typically most distal tooth on the fixed digits of mesostigmatan mites.

Example Sentences

"[…] fixed digit with 3—5 teeth, variously sized, rarely more (eight in O. leptochelae), including a subapical, laterally offset tooth (gabelzhan); […]"
"No clear evidence of a ‘gabelzhan‘ (i.e., an off-set tooth at the cheliceral fixed digit hooked tip as in some mesostigmatids) was seen."
"[…] fixed digit of chelicera with an offset distal tooth (gabelzhan), followed by 9–10 various sized teeth, […]"

Etymology

From German Gabel (“fork”) + a misspelling of Zahn (“tooth”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Gabel

Inflected Forms

gabelzahn (alternative)

Questions

What does gabelzhan mean?: The offset and typically most distal tooth on the fixed digits of mesostigmatan mites.
Where does gabelzhan come from?: It is traced to German.

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