Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polygastric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-gas-tric
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.

adj

Pertaining to the Polygastrica.

noun

Any polygastric creature.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English gastric English polygastric From poly- + gastric.

Inflected Forms

polygastrics (plural)

Questions

What does polygastric mean?: Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.
Where does polygastric come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English gastric English polygastric From poly- + gastric.

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