Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prosobranchiate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: proso-branchi-ate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of prosobranch (“having the gills anterior to the heart”).

noun

Synonym of prosobranch (“a gastropod with gills anterior to the heart”).

Example Sentences

"a prosobranchiate gastropod"
"An external shell, usually sufficiently large to contain the entire animal, is common to all the prosobranchiates."
"Pulmonate freshwater snails are found in every type of fresh water, as one might expect, and equally predictably the prosobranchiates are found only in streams and rivers."
"The number of axons in the static nerve of prosobranchiates is usually greater than the number of receptor cells."

Etymology

From the taxonomic name Prosobranchia + -ate. By surface analysis, proso- + branchiate. Compare the taxonomic name Prosobranchiata.

Inflected Forms

prosobranchiates (plural)

Synonyms

prosobranch

Questions

What does prosobranchiate mean?: Synonym of prosobranch (“having the gills anterior to the heart”).
Where does prosobranchiate come from?: From the taxonomic name Prosobranchia + -ate. By surface analysis, proso- + branchiate. Compare the taxonomic name Prosobranchiata.

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