Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matriclinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-tri-cli-nous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of matroclinous.

Example Sentences

"Inheritance in the males is purely matriclinous as would be expected if they arise in unfertilized eggs."
"A few strongly matriclinous underyearlings were obtained (Kobayasi, 1963) when crossing female crucian carp with Japanese Leuciscinae Moroco percnurus and Tribolodon hakonensis."
"The pattern of PAGE for several generations of pedigree stocks of P. formosa strictly showed matriclinous inheritance of a diagnostic muscle protein phenotype (Monaco et al., 1982)."

Etymology

From Latin mātr- + -i- + Ancient Greek κλίνειν (klínein) + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: māter, κλίνειν
Suffix: -ous

Inflected Forms

more matriclinous (comparative) most matriclinous (superlative)

Questions

What does matriclinous mean?: Alternative form of matroclinous.
Where does matriclinous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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