Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epigyne

/ˈɛpɪd͡ʒaɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epig-y-ne
IPA: /ˈɛpɪd͡ʒaɪn/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The external female sex organ in arachnids.

Example Sentences

"1996: This [genital] area is inconspicuous in most adult males and in immature females, but in adult females of the majority of species it is modified into a variably shaped, more or less sclerotized structure called the epigyne. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 16)"

Etymology

From modern Latin epigynum, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).

Inflected Forms

epigynes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce epigyne?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛpɪd͡ʒaɪn/.
What does epigyne mean?: The external female sex organ in arachnids.
Where does epigyne come from?: From modern Latin epigynum, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).

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