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microsthene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-cros-thene
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of mammals characteristically of small size, including various rodents (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals, but not adopted thereafter)

Archaic

Etymology

From micro- + Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “might, strength”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

microsthenes (plural)

Derived Forms

microsthenic

Questions

What does microsthene mean?
Any of a group of mammals characteristically of small size, including various rodents (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals, but not adopted thereafter)
Where does microsthene come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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