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osmeterium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
os-me-teri-um
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies.

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), ὀσμητός (osmētós, “smelled”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, ὀσμή

Inflected Forms

osmeteria (plural) osmaterium (alternative)

Rhymes With

miriam bacterium delirium imperium deuterium mycobacterium magisterium cerium criterium corynebacterium cyanobacterium puerperium

Questions

What does osmeterium mean?
One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies.
Where does osmeterium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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