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protostomian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-to-sto-mi-an
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the protostomes

noun

A protostome

Etymology

Etymology tree English protostome Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English protostomian From protostome + -ian.

Inflected Forms

protostomians (plural)

Questions

What does protostomian mean?
Of or pertaining to the protostomes
Where does protostomian come from?
Etymology tree English protostome Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English protostomian From protostome + -ian.

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