Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precotylar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-coty-lar
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

anterior to a cotyle

Example Sentences

"Caudal to the precotylar process, there is a glenoid fossa for the dorsal end of the quadrate, called a quadrate cotylus (Figs 2B and3 ; [32 ])."

Etymology

From pre- + cotylar.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does precotylar mean?: anterior to a cotyle
Where does precotylar come from?: From pre- + cotylar.

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