Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ephippial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ephip-pi-al
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of or pertaining to an ephippium.

adj

Example Sentences

"The posterior part of the ovary , showing the little balls into which the embryonic ephippial egg often breaks up"

Etymology

ephippium + -al

Inflected Forms

more ephippial (comparative) most ephippial (superlative)

Questions

What does ephippial mean?: of or pertaining to an ephippium.
Where does ephippial come from?: ephippium + -al

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