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potamian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
potami-an
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A softshell turtle (family Trionychidae)

Dated

Etymology

Ancient Greek ποτᾰ́μιος (potắmios, “of or from a river”), from ποτᾰμός (potămós, “river”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

potamians (plural)

Questions

What does potamian mean?
A softshell turtle (family Trionychidae)
Where does potamian come from?
Ancient Greek ποτᾰ́μιος (potắmios, “of or from a river”), from ποτᾰμός (potămós, “river”).

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