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octotaxic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-to-taxic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the system of porose secretory organs found in poronotic oribatid mites.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- English taxis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English octotaxic From octo- + taxis + -ic.

Questions

What does octotaxic mean?
Of or relating to the system of porose secretory organs found in poronotic oribatid mites.
Where does octotaxic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- English taxis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English octotaxic From octo- + taxis + -ic.

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