Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epistome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epis-tome
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids

noun

a plate in front of the mouth of some types of crustacean

Etymology

New Latin epistoma, corresponding to epi- + -stome.

Inflected Forms

epistomes (plural) epistoma (alternative)

Derived Forms

epistomal

Questions

What does epistome mean?: a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids
Where does epistome come from?: New Latin epistoma, corresponding to epi- + -stome.

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