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retroclival

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
retro-cli-val
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Behind the clivus

Etymology

From retro- + clival.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does retroclival mean?
Behind the clivus
Where does retroclival come from?
From retro- + clival.

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