Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bdellin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bdellin
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of proteinase inhibitors found in leeches.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”) + -in.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: βδέλλα
Suffix: in

Inflected Forms

bdellins (plural)

Questions

What does bdellin mean?: Any of a class of proteinase inhibitors found in leeches.
Where does bdellin come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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