Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calcarean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal-care-an
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules.

Etymology

From Translingual Calcarea + English -an.

Inflected Forms

calcareans (plural)

Questions

What does calcarean mean?: Any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules.
Where does calcarean come from?: From Translingual Calcarea + English -an.

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