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malacostomous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mala-cos-to-mous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having soft jaws without teeth.

Archaic

Example Sentences

  • "malacostomous fish"

Etymology

From malaco- + stoma + -ous.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more malacostomous (comparative) most malacostomous (superlative)

Questions

What does malacostomous mean?
Having soft jaws without teeth.
Where does malacostomous come from?
From malaco- + stoma + -ous.

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