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pinacoderm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pina-co-derm
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The outermost layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet, dish, plank”) + -derm.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pinacoderms (plural)

Derived Forms

basopinacoderm endopinacoderm pinacodermal

Frequently Paired Words

pinacocyte

Questions

What does pinacoderm mean?
The outermost layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.
Where does pinacoderm come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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