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haptophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hap-to-phyte
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of unicellular marine phytoplankton, typically covered in tiny scales or plates composed of carbohydrates and calcium deposits

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Haptophyta. By surface analysis, hapto- (“binding”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

haptophytes (plural)

Derived Forms

haptophytic

Phrases

dimethyl sulfide

Frequently Paired Words

coccolith dimethyl sulfide hydrophyte phytoplankton

Questions

What does haptophyte mean?
A kind of unicellular marine phytoplankton, typically covered in tiny scales or plates composed of carbohydrates and calcium deposits
Where does haptophyte come from?
Borrowed from translingual Haptophyta. By surface analysis, hapto- (“binding”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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