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menobranchus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
meno-branchus
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mudpuppy.

Dated

Etymology

From the superseded genus name Menobranchus (Harlan, 1824), from Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “to remain”) + βρᾰ́γχῐον (brắnkhĭon, “gill, branchia”), because the external branchiae are permanent, unlike those of some other amphibians.

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Inflected Forms

menobranchi (plural)

Questions

What does menobranchus mean?
A mudpuppy.
Where does menobranchus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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