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epipharyngeal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epipha-ryn-geal
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or located at, the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.

noun

An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From epi- + pharyngeal.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

epipharyngeals (plural)

Rhymes With

laryngeal pharyngeal oropharyngeal nasopharyngeal meningeal glossopharyngeal velopharyngeal retropharyngeal hypopharyngeal buccopharyngeal laryngopharyngeal oculopharyngeal

Questions

What does epipharyngeal mean?
Pertaining to, or located at, the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
Where does epipharyngeal come from?
From epi- + pharyngeal.

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