Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metabranchial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
metabranchial
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From meta- + branchial.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does metabranchial mean?
Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.
Where does metabranchial come from?
From meta- + branchial.

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