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pentapod

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-ta-pod
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organism or machine with five legs.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English -pod English pentapod From penta- + -pod.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pentapods (plural)

Questions

What does pentapod mean?
An organism or machine with five legs.
Where does pentapod come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English -pod English pentapod From penta- + -pod.

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