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pinnothere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pin-nothere
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, which live symbiotically in the shells of certain molluscs.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin pīnotērēs, from Ancient Greek πινοτήρης (pinotḗrēs), from Ancient Greek πίνη (pínē, “pen shell”) + Ancient Greek τηρέω (tēréō, “to guard”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: πίνη, τηρέω

Usage

Inflected Forms

pinnotheres (plural) pinnotere (alternative)

Synonyms

pea crab

Questions

What does pinnothere mean?
A small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, which live symbiotically in the shells of certain molluscs.
Where does pinnothere come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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