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lytta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lyt-ta
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.

Archaic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

lyttae (plural)

Questions

What does lytta mean?
A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.
Where does lytta come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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