Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paragnatha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parag-natha
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Paragnathi (lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea).

Etymology

Apparently from para- + -gnath + -a, after either German Paragnathen pl or French paragnathes pl. Compare later paragnath and paragnathus.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para-
Root: Paragnathen, paragnathes
Suffix: -gnath

Questions

What does paragnatha mean?: Paragnathi (lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea).
Where does paragnatha come from?: It is traced to German.

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