Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tectibranchiate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tectibranchi-ate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or relating to the former order Tectibranchiata.

Obsolete

noun

Any tectibranchiate mollusk.

Etymology

From Latin tectus, past participle of tegere (“to cover”) + branchiate.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tectus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

tectibranchiates (plural)

Questions

What does tectibranchiate mean?: Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or relating to the former order Tectibranchiata.
Where does tectibranchiate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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