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intersternal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-ster-nal
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Between the sterna; said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From inter- + sternal.

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

journal internal external colonel eternal maternal kernel paternal nocturnal fraternal infernal diurnal

Questions

What does intersternal mean?
Between the sterna; said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.
Where does intersternal come from?
From inter- + sternal.

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