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orycterope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oryc-terope
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of oryctere.

Archaic

Etymology

From New Latin oryctēropūs, from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: oryctēropūs, ὀρυκτήρ

Usage

Inflected Forms

orycteropes (plural)

Questions

What does orycterope mean?
Alternative form of oryctere.
Where does orycterope come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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