Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhopalium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rhopal-i-um
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the small sensory tentacular structures of various jellyfish species.

Etymology

From New Latin rhopalium, from Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον (rhopalion), diminutive of ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: rhopalium, ῥοπαλιον

Inflected Forms

rhopalia (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

rhopalial

Synonyms

tentaculocyst

Questions

What does rhopalium mean?: One of the small sensory tentacular structures of various jellyfish species.
Where does rhopalium come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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