Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polychaete

/ˈpɒlɪkiːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: poly-chaete
IPA: /ˈpɒlɪkiːt/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of polychete.

Example Sentences

"Similar partitioning of microbial food resources was observed for multiple polychaete species within the family Dorvilleidae in methane seep sediments off OR and CA [79 ], and for lepetopsid and lepetodrilid limpets at hydrothermal vents on the east Pacific Rise [80 ]."
"Our holistic study of these modern-day traces suggests it to be a complex trace arising from domichnial, fodinichnial and possibly pascichnial behavior of polychaetes."

Inflected Forms

polychaetes (plural)

Derived Forms

nectochaete

Frequently Paired Words

polychaetous

Synonyms

polychete polychaete worm polychete worm

Questions

How do you pronounce polychaete?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɒlɪkiːt/.
What does polychaete mean?: Alternative spelling of polychete.

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