Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dactyloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dacty-loid
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a finger

noun

Any lizard/anole of the family Dactyloidae.

Etymology

From dactyl- + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dactyl
Suffix: oid

Inflected Forms

dactyloids (plural)

Questions

What does dactyloid mean?: Resembling a finger
Where does dactyloid come from?: From dactyl- + -oid.

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