Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyamid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cyamid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crustacean of the family Cyamidae; a whale louse.

Example Sentences

"These are callosities: roughened skin caused by infestations of what ‘lice’ (which are actually parasitic crustaceans called cyamids less than an inch long that feed on flakes of skin)."

Etymology

From family name Cyamidae.

Inflected Forms

cyamids (plural)

Questions

What does cyamid mean?: A crustacean of the family Cyamidae; a whale louse.
Where does cyamid come from?: From family name Cyamidae.

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