Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palintrope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pal-in-trope
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A part of the ventral valve of some brachiopods between the beak and the hinge line.

Example Sentences

"Many hinged genera have a flat or curved shelf, called the palintrope, between the beak and the hinge line. The ventral palintrope is divided at the middle by the delthyrium, a triangular opening for the pedicle."

Inflected Forms

palintropes (plural)

Questions

What does palintrope mean?: A part of the ventral valve of some brachiopods between the beak and the hinge line.

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