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postcanine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
post-ca-nine
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated behind the canine teeth.

noun

A tooth in this position.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English canine English postcanine From post- + canine.

Inflected Forms

more postcanine (comparative) most postcanine (superlative) postcanines (plural)

Questions

What does postcanine mean?
Situated behind the canine teeth.
Where does postcanine come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English canine English postcanine From post- + canine.

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