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matroclinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ma-tro-cli-nous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having mostly maternally inherited characteristics.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

matriclinous (alternative)

Antonyms

patroclinous

Questions

What does matroclinous mean?
Having mostly maternally inherited characteristics.
Where does matroclinous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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