Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microdrile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-drile
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any relatively small, generally aquatic, oligochaete, a member of a sometimes used size-based division of the class Oligochaeta.

Example Sentences

"Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae."
"In microdriles the circular muscle is generally only weakly developed."
"Microdriles in our subcontinent are represented by three families of aquatic oligochaetes namely Naididae, Tubificidae and Phraeodrilidae, and terrestrial pot worms of the Enchytraeidae."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + δρῖλος (drîlos, “worm”).

Inflected Forms

microdriles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

megadrile

Questions

What does microdrile mean?: Any relatively small, generally aquatic, oligochaete, a member of a sometimes used size-based division of the class Oligochaeta.
Where does microdrile come from?: From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + δρῖλος (drîlos, “worm”).

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