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lophosteon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lophos-teon
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds, or the keel itself.

Archaic

Etymology

From New Latin lophosteon, from Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: lophosteon, λόφος

Usage

Inflected Forms

lophostea (plural)

Questions

What does lophosteon mean?
The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds, or the keel itself.
Where does lophosteon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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