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gonopodium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gonopodi-um
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.

Etymology

From gono- + -podium (“part resembling a foot”).

Inflected Forms

gonopodia (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

andropodium gonopodial

Questions

What does gonopodium mean?
A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction.
Where does gonopodium come from?
From gono- + -podium (“part resembling a foot”).

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