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lamellicorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lamel-licorn
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a group of flat lamellae on the end.

adj

Having such antennae.

noun

A scarabaeid beetle with such antennae, in the obsolete taxon Lamellicornia.

Obsolete

Etymology

From French lamellicorne, from Latin lamella (“a thin plate”) + cornu (“a horn”).

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

lamellicorns (plural)

Questions

What does lamellicorn mean?
Having a group of flat lamellae on the end.
Where does lamellicorn come from?
It is traced to French.

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