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coccoidal

/kɒˈkɔɪdəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coc-coidal
IPA
/kɒˈkɔɪdəl/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a coccus

Etymology

Etymology tree English coccus English -oid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English coccoidal From coccus + -oid + -al.

Inflected Forms

more coccoidal (comparative) most coccoidal (superlative)

Rhymes With

colloidal sinusoidal trapezoidal steroidal toroidal nonsteroidal ellipsoidal spheroidal choroidal discoidal sigmoidal rhomboidal

Questions

How do you pronounce coccoidal?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɒˈkɔɪdəl/.
What does coccoidal mean?
Characteristic of a coccus
Where does coccoidal come from?
Etymology tree English coccus English -oid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English coccoidal From coccus + -oid + -al.

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