Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oscarellid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-carel-lid
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the family Oscarellidae of marine sponges.

Example Sentences

"The plakinids have siliceous spicules, the diagnostic type being the calthrop tetractine, whereas the oscarellids lack a skeleton (Muricy and Díaz 2002)."

Inflected Forms

oscarellids (plural)

Questions

What does oscarellid mean?: Any of the family Oscarellidae of marine sponges.

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