Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paucidentate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pau-ci-den-tate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having few teeth.

Etymology

From pauci- + dentate.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more paucidentate (comparative) most paucidentate (superlative)

Questions

What does paucidentate mean?
Having few teeth.
Where does paucidentate come from?
From pauci- + dentate.

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