Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plesiomorph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ple-siomorph
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism which represents a primitive state of evolution relative to another organism.

Etymology

From plesio- + -morph.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: plesio
Suffix: morph

Inflected Forms

plesiomorphs (plural)

Derived Forms

plesiomorphic plesiomorphy

Questions

What does plesiomorph mean?: An organism which represents a primitive state of evolution relative to another organism.
Where does plesiomorph come from?: From plesio- + -morph.

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