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isokont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
isokont
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having flagella of equal length.

noun

Any of the green algae of the class Isokontae, now principally in class Chlorophyceae.

Etymology

From iso- (“equal”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

isokonts (plural)

Antonyms

heterokont

Questions

What does isokont mean?
Having flagella of equal length.
Where does isokont come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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