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coendou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
co-en-dou
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prehensile-tailed tree-dwelling porcupine, of genus Coendou, found in Central and South America.

Etymology

From New Latin, from Old Tupi kûandu.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

coendous (plural) coendoo (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

prehensile-tailed porcupine Brazilian porcupine

Questions

What does coendou mean?
A prehensile-tailed tree-dwelling porcupine, of genus Coendou, found in Central and South America.
Where does coendou come from?
From New Latin, from Old Tupi kûandu.

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