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malacoderm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mala-co-derm
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a former tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + -derm.

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Inflected Forms

malacoderms (plural)

Questions

What does malacoderm mean?
One of a former tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body.
Where does malacoderm come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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