Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mastigoneme

/ˌmæstɪˈɡəʊniːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mastigoneme
IPA: /ˌmæstɪˈɡəʊniːm/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the lateral "hairs" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.

Etymology

By surface analysis, mastigo- + -neme.

Inflected Forms

mastigonemes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mastigoneme?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmæstɪˈɡəʊniːm/.
What does mastigoneme mean?: One of the lateral "hairs" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.
Where does mastigoneme come from?: By surface analysis, mastigo- + -neme.

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