Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hipparion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hip-par-i-on
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus †Hipparion of extinct ponies.

Etymology

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek ἱππάριον (hippárion, “pony”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἱππάριον

Inflected Forms

hipparions (plural)

Derived Forms

hipparionine

Questions

What does hipparion mean?: Any of the genus †Hipparion of extinct ponies.
Where does hipparion come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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