Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zhelestid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zhe-lestid
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extinct eutherian mammal of the family Zhelestidae.

Example Sentences

"The dinosaurs arriving from Asia proved the hardiest immigrants, though zhelestids (primitive insect-eating mammals that resembled elephant shrews) also somehow made it."

Inflected Forms

zhelestids (plural)

Questions

What does zhelestid mean?: An extinct eutherian mammal of the family Zhelestidae.

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