Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inoperculate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-op-er-cu-late
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no operculum; said of certain gastropod shells.

noun

Any organism that has no operculum.

Etymology

From in- + operculate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in

Inflected Forms

inopercular (alternative) inoperculates (plural)

Questions

What does inoperculate mean?: Having no operculum; said of certain gastropod shells.
Where does inoperculate come from?: From in- + operculate.

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