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vorticella

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vor-ti-cel-la
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any protozoan of the genus Vorticella.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Vorticella, from Latin vortic- + -ella.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

vorticellas (plural) vorticellae (plural)

Rhymes With

venezuela umbrella vanilla bella stella ella fella cinderella hella coachella mozzarella salmonella

Questions

What does vorticella mean?
Any protozoan of the genus Vorticella.
Where does vorticella come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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