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coenosteum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coenos-teum
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The calcareous skeletal ectodermal tissue of a coenosarc

Etymology

From coen + -o-, from Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinós, “common”), + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

coenosteums (plural) coenostea (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

coenosteal

Questions

What does coenosteum mean?
The calcareous skeletal ectodermal tissue of a coenosarc
Where does coenosteum come from?
From coen + -o-, from Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinós, “common”), + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

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