Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urbilaterian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ur-bila-te-ri-an
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hypothetical last common ancestor to all bilaterians.

Example Sentences

"There is no fossil record to show that the urbilaterian existed. However, the echoes of the existence of this creature are recorded in stunning clarity in the genes of every living descendant, from fruit fly to spider to human."
"2008, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Volume 363, Issues 1493-1496, page 1523, This way, different aspects of the molecular architecture of the urbilaterian nervous system are reconstructed and yield insight into the degree of centralization that was in place in the bilaterian ancestors."
"The competing hypotheses of simple and complex urbilaterians are still being debated at the time of writing."

Etymology

From ur- (“original”) + bilaterian.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ur

Inflected Forms

urbilaterians (plural)

Questions

What does urbilaterian mean?: The hypothetical last common ancestor to all bilaterians.
Where does urbilaterian come from?: From ur- (“original”) + bilaterian.

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