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pterygiate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ptery-giate
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a pterygium or pterygia.

Etymology

From pterygi(um) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, pteryg- + -i- + -ate.

Questions

What does pterygiate mean?
Having a pterygium or pterygia.
Where does pterygiate come from?
From pterygi(um) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, pteryg- + -i- + -ate.

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