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epithema

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ep-ithe-ma
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A horny excrescence on the top of the beak of some birds, notably the hornbill.

Etymology

From New Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, “lid, cover”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: epithema, ἐπίθεμα

Inflected Forms

epithemata (plural)

Questions

What does epithema mean?
A horny excrescence on the top of the beak of some birds, notably the hornbill.
Where does epithema come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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