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ectopterygoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-toptery-goid
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ventral skull bone found in some tetrapods and fish

Etymology

From ecto- + pterygoid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ectopterygoids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

entopterygoid

Rhymes With

pterygoid basipterygoid palatopterygoid epipterygoid entopterygoid metapterygoid mesopterygoid

Questions

What does ectopterygoid mean?
A ventral skull bone found in some tetrapods and fish
Where does ectopterygoid come from?
From ecto- + pterygoid.

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