Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macrostomatan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macros-tom-atan
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any snake of the clade Macrostomata

Example Sentences

"The unique adaptations for the snake skull for ingesting large prey in more primitive macrostomatan snakes have been well documented."

Etymology

Macrostomata + -an

Word Breakdown

Suffix: an

Inflected Forms

macrostomatans (plural)

Questions

What does macrostomatan mean?: Any snake of the clade Macrostomata
Where does macrostomatan come from?: Macrostomata + -an

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