Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoonite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zoonite
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"An organite is always dependent, its life is always subordinate to that of the individual of which it forms a part; a zoonite is always independent, it has a life peculiar to itself."
"When there is budding the somite which proliferates is the pre-anal in Myrianida and certain species of Autolytus; the anal segment is, from the first, too differentiated to take part in the formation of new zoonites."

Etymology

From zoon + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: zoon

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

zoonites (plural) zoönite (alternative)

Derived Forms

zoonitic

Synonyms

zoonule zoönule

Questions

What does zoonite mean?: One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism.
Where does zoonite come from?: From zoon + -ite.

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