Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

funicle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fu-ni-cle
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of funiculus.

noun

Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.

Etymology

From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

funicles (plural)

Synonyms

funiculus

Questions

What does funicle mean?
Synonym of funiculus.
Where does funicle come from?
From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.

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