Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glyptodont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glyptodont
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any edentate of an extinct clade of South American armadillos which is identified either as family †Glyptodontidae or as subfamily †Glyptodontinae of family Chlamyphoridae.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós) + -odont.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: γλυπτός

Inflected Forms

glyptodonts (plural)

Derived Forms

pseudoglyptodont

Frequently Paired Words

glyptodon glyptodontid glyptodontoid

Questions

What does glyptodont mean?: Any edentate of an extinct clade of South American armadillos which is identified either as family †Glyptodontidae or as subfamily †Glyptodontinae of family Chlamyphoridae.
Where does glyptodont come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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