epiparietal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Situated above the parietal bone.
noun
An ossification situated above the parietal bone, typically those forming "hornlets" on the frills of ceratopsid dinosaurs.
Example Sentences
- "Of these, all of the bones (n = 27) identifiable to lower taxonomic levels pertain to Centrosaurinae, and nine parietal specimens can be attributed to the new taxon based on diagnostic features of the epiparietal ornamentation."