Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sphingomonad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sph-in-gomon-ad
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bacterium of the order Sphingomonadales, or more specifically, of the genus Sphingomonas

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does sphingomonad mean?
Any bacterium of the order Sphingomonadales, or more specifically, of the genus Sphingomonas

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