Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinaculum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pinac-u-lum
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chitin plate on the skin of a caterpillar.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax) + Latin -ulum.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πίναξ
Suffix: la:-ulum

Inflected Forms

pinacula (plural)

Questions

What does pinaculum mean?: A chitin plate on the skin of a caterpillar.
Where does pinaculum come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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