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tubocanaliculate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tubo-canalic-u-late
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having large-diameter pores with funnel-shaped openings on both inner and outer surfaces of the shell. These eggs would have a high gas exchange rate, and therefore were probably buried in humid mounds.

Etymology

From tube + -o- + canaliculate.

Frequently Paired Words

angusticanaliculate multicanaliculate obliquicanaliculate prolatocanaliculate rimocanaliculate

Questions

What does tubocanaliculate mean?
Having large-diameter pores with funnel-shaped openings on both inner and outer surfaces of the shell. These eggs would have a high gas exchange rate, and therefore were probably buried in humid mounds.
Where does tubocanaliculate come from?
From tube + -o- + canaliculate.

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