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octodontid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
octodon-tid
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species

Etymology

From Octodon + -id < Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

octodontids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

octodontine

Synonyms

degu

Questions

What does octodontid mean?
Any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species
Where does octodontid come from?
From Octodon + -id < Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.

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