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peritrichous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-itri-c-hous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having flagella around the body or around the mouth

Etymology

From peri- + tricho- + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more peritrichous (comparative) most peritrichous (superlative)

Derived Forms

peritrichously

Questions

What does peritrichous mean?
Having flagella around the body or around the mouth
Where does peritrichous come from?
From peri- + tricho- + -ous.

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