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fistularioid

/ˌfɪstjʊləˈrɔɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fis-tu-lar-i-oid
IPA
/ˌfɪstjʊləˈrɔɪd/
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling the genus Fistularia (cornetfishes); having a long, tubular body.

Etymology

From Fistulari(a) (“genus of cornetfishes”) + -oid (“resembling”), from Latin fistula (“pipe, tube”) and Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”). By surface analysis, fistule + -arioid.

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Questions

How do you pronounce fistularioid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɪstjʊləˈrɔɪd/.
What does fistularioid mean?
Resembling the genus Fistularia (cornetfishes); having a long, tubular body.
Where does fistularioid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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