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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interopercle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-terop-er-cle
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bone between the preopercle and the branchiostegals of a fish

Etymology

From inter- + opercle.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

interopercles (plural)

Questions

What does interopercle mean?
A bone between the preopercle and the branchiostegals of a fish
Where does interopercle come from?
From inter- + opercle.

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