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lyriferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lyrif-er-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes do.

Etymology

From lyre + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more lyriferous (comparative) most lyriferous (superlative)

Questions

What does lyriferous mean?
Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes do.
Where does lyriferous come from?
From lyre + -i- + -ferous.

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