Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virgatotome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vir-ga-to-tome
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having multiple secondary ribs which branch off successively in front of each primary rib (resulting in a shape like ᚠ), like the ribs of Zaraiskites ammonites.

Example Sentences

"[...] gyrate furcation, and often a tendency to become fasciculate or virgatotome; secondary ribs obsolescent in some [...] polygyrate ribs and intercalatory secondaries. Microconchs 100-112 mm. in diameter with following rib densities[…]"
"... polygyrate or bidichotomous to fasciculate (rarely virgatotome) ribs, more loosely spaced and coarser. External whorls of macroconch forms with dichotomous to polygyrate ribs[…]"

Etymology

From Latin virgātus + -o- + -tome, from virga.

Questions

What does virgatotome mean?: Having multiple secondary ribs which branch off successively in front of each primary rib (resulting in a shape like ᚠ), like the ribs of Zaraiskites ammonites.
Where does virgatotome come from?: From Latin virgātus + -o- + -tome, from virga.

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