Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

planorbiconic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: planor-bicon-ic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a relatively flat spiral shell (intermediate between serpenticonic and spheroconic) in which the whorls touch (evolute to involute) and get larger as they get further from the center, causing the shell to have the profile of a mushroom when viewed from the side, without being so wide or involute that it is cadiconic.

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:planorbiconic."

Etymology

From planorbicone + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more planorbiconic (comparative) most planorbiconic (superlative)

Questions

What does planorbiconic mean?: Having a relatively flat spiral shell (intermediate between serpenticonic and spheroconic) in which the whorls touch (evolute to involute) and get larger as they get further from the center, causing the shell to have the profile of a mushroom when viewed from the side, without being so wide or involute that it is cadiconic.
Where does planorbiconic come from?: From planorbicone + -ic.

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