Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phacellus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pha-cel-lus
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.

Example Sentences

"Closer inspection, however, shows that the two phacelli of each pair originate as diverging limbs, from a simple interradial phacellus deep in the bottom of the basal stomach."
"[...] phacelli are well developed, occupying the interradial sides of the octagonal stomach cavity. Each phacellus consists of from eight to twelve brush-like filaments."
"... the phacellus placed on it, which is formed by a bow-shaped series of gastral filaments."

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek [Term?], meaning "bundle of faggots".

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

phacelli (plural)

Questions

What does phacellus mean?: One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.
Where does phacellus come from?: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek [Term?], meaning "bundle of faggots".

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