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criophore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
crio-phore
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French, from Ancient Greek κριόφόρος (krióphóros, “carrying a ram”), from κριός (kriós, “ram”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “carrying”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: κριόφόρος

Inflected Forms

criophores (plural)

Derived Forms

criophoric criophorous

Synonyms

criophoros kriophoros

Questions

What does criophore mean?
A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.
Where does criophore come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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