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biostrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
biostrome
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms

Etymology

bio- (“life”) + Latin stroma (“coverlet”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed, mattress”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

biostromes (plural)

Questions

What does biostrome mean?
A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms
Where does biostrome come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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