Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterovalvate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-eroval-vate
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having different (top and bottom) valves (of a diatom)

Example Sentences

"Filaments up to 32 cells long were observed, capped with live heterovalvate end-cells where each possessed one of the initial valves."

Etymology

From hetero- + valvate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hetero

Questions

What does heterovalvate mean?: Having different (top and bottom) valves (of a diatom)
Where does heterovalvate come from?: From hetero- + valvate.

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