Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

book lung

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: book lung
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids.

Example Sentences

"In addition to book lungs most spiders also have a second respiratory system in the form of paired tracheae; Atypus has none."

Inflected Forms

book lungs (plural) book-lung (alternative)

Questions

What does book lung mean?: A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids.

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