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pectineus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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

Meaning

noun

A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh, whose primary function is hip flexion.

Etymology

From Latin pectineus (“comblike”), from pecten (“comb”) + -eus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pectinei (plural)

Questions

What does pectineus mean?
A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh, whose primary function is hip flexion.
Where does pectineus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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