Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

remipede

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
remi-pede
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several small, marine, cave-dwelling crustaceans, of the class Remipedia, characterized by a short head and a long trunk bearing setose swimming appendages

Etymology

From French rémipède, partly modelled on Latin.

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Questions

What does remipede mean?
Any of several small, marine, cave-dwelling crustaceans, of the class Remipedia, characterized by a short head and a long trunk bearing setose swimming appendages
Where does remipede come from?
It is traced to French.

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