Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lopho-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lopho-
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

prefix

Example Sentences

"lophodont teeth"
"The lophodont pattern can be seen particularly clearly in the elephant. Apart from the tusks [...] the elephant's teeth are reduced to a few enormous molars, each bearing numerous enamel ridges."
"[Any] of the varieties above mentioned [...] may have one or more of its rays forked or branched like a tuft. The spicule is then said to be monolophous, dilophous, trilophous, or tetralophous according to the number of rays so affected."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λόφος

Questions

What does lopho- mean?: ridge, crest
Where does lopho- come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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