Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ailurine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ail-urine
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the subfamily Ailurinae.

Etymology

From New Latin Ailurinae (“taxonomic subfamily”), as Ailurus + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does ailurine mean?
Any member of the subfamily Ailurinae.
Where does ailurine come from?
From New Latin Ailurinae (“taxonomic subfamily”), as Ailurus + -ine.

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