Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aulacopod

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aula-co-pod
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a pair of parapodial grooves so that the ciliated sole extends above the foot margin.

Example Sentences

"It is only in the aulacopod land snails that there is a great diversity of shelled snails, slugs, and a wild variety of intermediates"
"Webb (J 96l a) thought the aulacopod condition better adapted to burrowing in soil and the holopod condition, with less pronounced grooves, more dry-adapted."
"In an analysis of pallial and foot character evolution in Stylomatophora, Baker (1955) concluded that the ancestors of the Sigmurethra probably had, among other features, an aulacopod foot."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”) + -pod.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: αὖλαξ
Suffix: pod

Questions

What does aulacopod mean?: Having a pair of parapodial grooves so that the ciliated sole extends above the foot margin.
Where does aulacopod come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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