Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geminiform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gem-i-ni-form
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a structure consisting of two identical parts.

Example Sentences

"The Upper Skiddaw of the Lake District possibly includes some horizons not embraced in the more typical and Upper Arenig beds of South Wales, or in the corresponding Scanian strata that overlie the Swedish Orthoceras-Limestone; but in all these beds the salient character of the Graptolite fauna is the predominance of individuals of Didymograptus, among which the "geminiform" species D. bifidus, Hall, is especially common."

Etymology

From Latin geminī (“twins”) + -form.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: geminī

Questions

What does geminiform mean?: Having a structure consisting of two identical parts.
Where does geminiform come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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