Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macropodous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macrop-odous
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having long or large legs, feet, or fins.

adj

(of a leaf) Having a long stalk.

adj

(of a plant embryo) Having a large hypocotyl.

adj

(of a plant embryo) Having a large radicle.

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -podous English macropodous From macro- + -podous.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more macropodous (comparative) most macropodous (superlative)

Synonyms

macropodal

Questions

What does macropodous mean?: Having long or large legs, feet, or fins.
Where does macropodous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -podous English macropodous From macro- + -podous.

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