Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bulboid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bul-boid
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a bulb.

Example Sentences

"These endings have a bulboid expansion which is invariably invested with a lamella of the Schwann cell and its basal lamina."

Etymology

From bulb + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bulb

Phrases

bulboid corpuscle

Questions

What does bulboid mean?: Shaped like a bulb.
Where does bulboid come from?: From bulb + -oid.

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