Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monaxonal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mon-ax-on-al
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having one axis.

Example Sentences

"In this group the skeleton is composed of monaxonal and tri- and tetractinal spicules of calcium carbonate."
"With a reticulate, fibrous skeleton of spongin spined by unique monaxonal spicules pointed at one end, blunt at other and bearing whorls of small spines along their length."
"However, since in reality the two remaining rays are in the same plane, diactines can also be considered monaxonal."

Etymology

From monaxon + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: monaxon

Questions

What does monaxonal mean?: Having one axis.
Where does monaxonal come from?: From monaxon + -al.

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