Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baculite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ba-c-ulite
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.

Example Sentences

"The shell of a baculite was quite simply straight—an unexpected throwback to the early days of cephalopods."

Etymology

From Latin baculum (“stick”) + -ite.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: baculum
Suffix: ite

Inflected Forms

baculites (plural)

Derived Forms

baculitic

Questions

What does baculite mean?: Any member of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
Where does baculite come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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