Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eleutherozoic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eleuthero-zoic
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of or pertaining to the Subphylum Eleutherozoa

Example Sentences

"These Pelmatozoa in a way are to be regarded as intermediate between the statozoic and eleutherozoic forms, as regards their mode of life, and may be dealt with to advantage in the present paper."
"They considered articulates to be pre-adapted for an eleutherozoic existence because they possess muscular arms which are potentially of value in crawling and swimming, as in comatulids."

Etymology

From eleuthero- + -zoic, from Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “freedom”) + ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Prefix: eleuthero
Root: ἐλεύθερος
Suffix: zoic

Questions

What does eleutherozoic mean?: of or pertaining to the Subphylum Eleutherozoa
Where does eleutherozoic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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