Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fibrilliform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fib-ril-li-form
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the appearance of a thin fibre or group of fibres; fibrous.

Example Sentences

"Homoeoneuria burrows in loose sand and feeds on material caught in the hairs on the legs. Lachlania has both a platelike and a fibrilliform portion to the gills (Fig. 63B) while Homoeoneuria lacks the latter (Fig. 63C)."

Etymology

From Latin fibrilla (“a fine fibre or filament”) + -iform.

Inflected Forms

more fibrilliform (comparative) most fibrilliform (superlative)

Questions

What does fibrilliform mean?: Having the appearance of a thin fibre or group of fibres; fibrous.
Where does fibrilliform come from?: From Latin fibrilla (“a fine fibre or filament”) + -iform.

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