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paradoxure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-dox-ure
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species in the genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.

Etymology

Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “incredible, paradoxical”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.

Inflected Forms

paradoxures (plural)

Questions

What does paradoxure mean?
Any member of the species in the genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.
Where does paradoxure come from?
Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “incredible, paradoxical”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.

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