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colpus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
col-pus
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

Etymology

From Late Latin colpus (“hollow space, pocket”), from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “hollow space, pocket”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: colpus, κόλπος

Inflected Forms

colpi (plural)

Derived Forms

apocolpium colpate colporate colporus ectocolpus pseudocolpus

Phrases

colpus transversalis

Frequently Paired Words

gulf porus

Questions

What does colpus mean?
A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen
Where does colpus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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