Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyacanthous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-a-can-t-hous
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having many thorns

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English acanthous English polyacanthous From poly- + acanthous.

Inflected Forms

more polyacanthous (comparative) most polyacanthous (superlative)

Questions

What does polyacanthous mean?: Having many thorns
Where does polyacanthous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English acanthous English polyacanthous From poly- + acanthous.

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