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phthirapteran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ph-thi-rapter-an
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the order Phthiraptera of lice.

Etymology

Phthiraptera + -an

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

phthirapterans (plural)

Questions

What does phthirapteran mean?
Any member of the order Phthiraptera of lice.
Where does phthirapteran come from?
Phthiraptera + -an

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