Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papiliochrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-pil-iochrome
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of yellow pigments found in the wings of papilionid butterflies

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Much of the pigment-based coloration in invertebrates results from products of the melanin, ommochrome, pteridine, papiliochrome and heme synthesis pathways."

Etymology

From papilionid + -chrome.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: papilionid

Usage

Inflected Forms

papiliochromes (plural)

Questions

What does papiliochrome mean?: Any of a group of yellow pigments found in the wings of papilionid butterflies
Where does papiliochrome come from?: From papilionid + -chrome.

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