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parotoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paro-toid
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or related to the parotid gland; applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.

noun

A parotoid gland.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From parotid + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

parotoids (plural)

Questions

What does parotoid mean?
Of or related to the parotid gland; applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.
Where does parotoid come from?
From parotid + -oid.

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