Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tailshield

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tail-shield
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"Trilobites have a distinct headshield or cephalon and a distinct tailshield or pygidium, and in both these regions the original segmentation has been suppressed — more completely in the cephalon than in the pygidium — and [...]"

Etymology

From tail + shield.

Inflected Forms

tailshields (plural)

Questions

What does tailshield mean?: The pygidium.
Where does tailshield come from?: From tail + shield.

How to pronounce tailshield

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