Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jararaca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jarara-ca
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.

Example Sentences

"The pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb, for example, found that the venom of the jararaca snake could help control high blood pressure and used it to create the drug Captopril."

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese jararaca, from Old Tupi îararaka.

Word Breakdown

Root: îararaka

Inflected Forms

jararacas (plural)

Questions

What does jararaca mean?: A venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.
Where does jararaca come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese jararaca, from Old Tupi îararaka.

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