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hystricomorph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hys-tri-co-morph
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any rodent in the Hystricomorpha, a suborder of the order Rodentia

Etymology

From Latin hystrīx (“porcupine”) -o- + -morph.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hystricomorphs (plural)

Questions

What does hystricomorph mean?
Any rodent in the Hystricomorpha, a suborder of the order Rodentia
Where does hystricomorph come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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