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embolium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-boli-um
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A narrow piece separating the costa and corium in certain insects of the suborder Heteroptera.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From New Latin embolium, from Ancient Greek ἐμβόλιον (embólion, “insertion”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: embolium, ἐμβόλιον

Inflected Forms

embolia (plural)

Questions

What does embolium mean?
A narrow piece separating the costa and corium in certain insects of the suborder Heteroptera.
Where does embolium come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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