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penicillus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
peni-cil-lus
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the tufts of fine twigs into which the arteries of the spleen subdivide.

Etymology

From Latin pēniculus, a diminutive pēnis.

Inflected Forms

penicilli (plural)

Questions

What does penicillus mean?
One of the tufts of fine twigs into which the arteries of the spleen subdivide.
Where does penicillus come from?
From Latin pēniculus, a diminutive pēnis.

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