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ziphodont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ziphodont
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Laterally compressed, sharp, and with serrated edges

noun

Any organism with teeth of this kind.

Etymology

From a scientific name Crocodilus ziphodon coined by Othniel Charles Marsh (1871). Apparently from an alteration of xipho- + -odont.

Inflected Forms

ziphodonts (plural)

Derived Forms

microziphodont pseudoziphodont

Questions

What does ziphodont mean?
Laterally compressed, sharp, and with serrated edges
Where does ziphodont come from?
From a scientific name Crocodilus ziphodon coined by Othniel Charles Marsh (1871). Apparently from an alteration of xipho- + -odont.

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