Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dictyate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dicty-ate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A resting stage in the development of oocytes, during the meiotic prophase

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net”) + -ate.

Inflected Forms

dictyates (plural)

Questions

What does dictyate mean?: A resting stage in the development of oocytes, during the meiotic prophase
Where does dictyate come from?: From Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net”) + -ate.

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