whippo
/ˈwɪpoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I hasten to point out that the molecular data sets supporting the "whippo" clade are frought with problems, many of which are currently being addressed by several high-caliber systematists, and so we may not have heard the last word on this issue."
- "The whippo lineage may have developed a watery lifestyle even before the hippos and whale branches diverged."
- "Molecular analyses also support a closer relationship of ‘whippos’ to ruminants than to pigs or camels (Fig. 2.9), a clade named Cetruminantia (e.g., Hassanin et al. 2012)."
- "As an example of this confusion, transitional forms are not to be sought between equally derived living whales and their closest living relatives, the hippos. We do not search for "whippos.""
- "The "whippo" is a problem for evolutionists on at least two counts: hippos are plant eaters, not meat eaters; all cetaceans are carnivores[.]"
- "The school stood where once roamed the Hell Pig, an extinct entelodont with ancestral affinities to "whippos"—the common ancestors of whales and hippos."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɪpoʊ/
- British English: /ˈwɪpəʊ/