Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fosmid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-mid
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cosmid related to a bacterial fertility factor.

Etymology

Blend of fertility + cosmid?

Inflected Forms

fosmids (plural)

Derived Forms

fosmidial

Questions

What does fosmid mean?: A cosmid related to a bacterial fertility factor.
Where does fosmid come from?: Blend of fertility + cosmid?

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