Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microtomentum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-to-men-tum
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very fine pubescence that appears as a color pattern except under high magnification.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"However, you can still separate these genera from Lucilia because the thorax of each genus (Cynomya and Cyanus) is covered with whitish microtomentum while it is not in Lucilia."

Etymology

From micro- + tomentum.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does microtomentum mean?: A very fine pubescence that appears as a color pattern except under high magnification.
Where does microtomentum come from?: From micro- + tomentum.

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