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xenacanthiform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xe-nacan-thi-form
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the order †Xenacanthiformes of extinct shark-like chondrichthyans.

adj

Relating or belonging to the order †Xenacanthiformes.

Etymology

From taxonomic name Xenacanthiformes, derived from the genus Xenacanthus [from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, alien”) + ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “spine”)] + -iformes.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Xenacanthiformes, ξένος

Inflected Forms

xenacanthiforms (plural)

Synonyms

xenacanth

Questions

What does xenacanthiform mean?
Any of the order †Xenacanthiformes of extinct shark-like chondrichthyans.
Where does xenacanthiform come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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