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dermatocranium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
der-ma-tocra-ni-um
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of bones covering the brain, eyes and nostrils in bony fishes and all land-living vertebrates.

Etymology

From dermato- + cranium.

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

uranium titanium cranium geranium germanium unobtainium neurocranium basicranium osteocranium splanchnocranium intracranium desmocranium

Questions

What does dermatocranium mean?
A set of bones covering the brain, eyes and nostrils in bony fishes and all land-living vertebrates.
Where does dermatocranium come from?
From dermato- + cranium.

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