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longipinnate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
longip-in-nate
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having long, extended flippers.

noun

An ichthyosaur having such flippers.

Etymology

From Latin longus (“long”) + pinnate, from pinna (“a fin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of longipennate.

Inflected Forms

longipinnates (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

latipinnate

Questions

What does longipinnate mean?
Having long, extended flippers.
Where does longipinnate come from?
From Latin longus (“long”) + pinnate, from pinna (“a fin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of longipennate.

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