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polypite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
polyp-ite
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fossil polyp

noun

An individual polyp of a colonial cnidarian

Etymology

Etymology tree English polyp Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English polypite From polyp + -ite.

Inflected Forms

polypites (plural)

Questions

What does polypite mean?
A fossil polyp
Where does polypite come from?
Etymology tree English polyp Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English polypite From polyp + -ite.

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