Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pennatula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-nat-u-la
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a feather-like form; a sea pen.

Etymology

From Latin pennatulus, from pennātus + -ulus, from penna + -ātus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pennatulus
Suffix: pennātus, penna

Inflected Forms

pennatulas (plural) pennatulae (plural)

Questions

What does pennatula mean?: Any of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a feather-like form; a sea pen.
Where does pennatula come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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