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ammodyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
am-modyte
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.

Obsolete

noun

A species of viper (Vipera ammodytes) of southeastern Europe.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin ammodytes, from Ancient Greek "sand burrower, a kind of serpent".

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Inflected Forms

ammodytes (plural)

Questions

What does ammodyte mean?
One of the genus Ammodytes of fishes; the sand eel.
Where does ammodyte come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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