Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleurostoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pleu-rostoma
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Part of the subgenal area above the mandible of an insect

Etymology

From pleuro- (“lateral”) + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Inflected Forms

pleurostomata (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pleurostomal endostoma metastoma

Questions

What does pleurostoma mean?: Part of the subgenal area above the mandible of an insect
Where does pleurostoma come from?: From pleuro- (“lateral”) + Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

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