Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinniform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pin-ni-form
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a fin or feather.

Example Sentences

"The Blennius , with pinniform and bifid cirri under the throat , and with transverse areolæ on the back"

Etymology

From Latin pinna (“feather, fin”) + -form.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pinna

Inflected Forms

more pinniform (comparative) most pinniform (superlative)

Questions

What does pinniform mean?: Shaped like a fin or feather.
Where does pinniform come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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