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ocelliferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ocel-lif-er-ous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having spots like small eyes.

Etymology

From Latin ocellus (“a little eye”) + -i- + -ferous.

Rhymes With

hydrogeniferous nitrogeniferous chloriniferous maculiferous tungsteniferous strontiferous thalliferous columniferous falciferous squamiferous filamentiferous vermiferous

Questions

What does ocelliferous mean?
Having spots like small eyes.
Where does ocelliferous come from?
From Latin ocellus (“a little eye”) + -i- + -ferous.

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