Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gongylidium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gongy-lid-i-um
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hyphal swelling of fungus which is cultivated by certain ants.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γογγυλίδιον (gongulídion).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: γογγυλίδιον

Inflected Forms

gongylidia (plural)

Questions

What does gongylidium mean?: A hyphal swelling of fungus which is cultivated by certain ants.
Where does gongylidium come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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