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epipterygoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epiptery-goid
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.

noun

An epipterygoid bone or cartilage

noun

the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Etymology

From epi- + pterygoid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

epipterygoids (plural)

Rhymes With

pterygoid basipterygoid ectopterygoid palatopterygoid entopterygoid metapterygoid mesopterygoid

Questions

What does epipterygoid mean?
Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
Where does epipterygoid come from?
From epi- + pterygoid.

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