Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dasyproctid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dasyproc-tid
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the family Dasyproctidae of agoutis and acouchis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy, dense”) + Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus, rectum”) + -id, equivalent to translingual Dasyprocta + -id.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: δασύς, πρωκτός

Inflected Forms

dasyproctids (plural)

Questions

What does dasyproctid mean?: Any member of the family Dasyproctidae of agoutis and acouchis
Where does dasyproctid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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