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lophobranch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lo-pho-branch
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the obsolete order Lophobranchii of fishes, now roughly corresponding to order Syngnathiformes.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”) and βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).

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Inflected Forms

lophobranchs (plural)

Questions

What does lophobranch mean?
Any member of the obsolete order Lophobranchii of fishes, now roughly corresponding to order Syngnathiformes.
Where does lophobranch come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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