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chlamyphore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chlamyphore
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell.

Dated

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: χλαμύς

Usage

Inflected Forms

chlamyphores (plural)

Synonyms

pichiciago pichiciego fairy armadillo chlamyphorus truncatus

Questions

What does chlamyphore mean?
A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell.
Where does chlamyphore come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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