Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ostracoderm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-tra-co-derm
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic.

Etymology

From New Latin ostracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “pottery fragment; shell”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ostracum, ὄστρακον

Inflected Forms

ostracoderms (plural)

Questions

What does ostracoderm mean?: Any of the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic.
Where does ostracoderm come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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