Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bdelloid rotifer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bdel-loid ro-tifer
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a class of rotifers in the class Bdelloidea, found in freshwater and moist soil.

Etymology

From bdelloid (“leech-like”), from Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: βδέλλα

Inflected Forms

bdelloid rotifers (plural)

Questions

What does bdelloid rotifer mean?: One of a class of rotifers in the class Bdelloidea, found in freshwater and moist soil.
Where does bdelloid rotifer come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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