Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delphinoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: del-phi-noid
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin

noun

Any cetacean of the superfamily Delphinoidea

Etymology

From Latin delphinus (“a dolphin”) + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -oid

Inflected Forms

more delphinoid (comparative) most delphinoid (superlative) delphinoids (plural)

Questions

What does delphinoid mean?: Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin
Where does delphinoid come from?: From Latin delphinus (“a dolphin”) + -oid.

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