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peripatus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
peri-pa-tus
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any onychophoran of the genus Peripatus

Etymology

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek περῐ́πᾰτος (perĭ́pătos, “walking”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: περῐ́πᾰτος

Inflected Forms

peripatuses (plural)

Synonyms

onychophoran velvet worm

Questions

What does peripatus mean?
Any onychophoran of the genus Peripatus
Where does peripatus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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