Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meroistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: merois-tic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova

Etymology

From mero- + -istic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mero
Suffix: istic

Questions

What does meroistic mean?: Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova
Where does meroistic come from?: From mero- + -istic.

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