Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sand dollar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: sand -dol-lar
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida, having a flat, disk-shaped body with the mouth in a mid-ventral position, and living in sand, on or near the surface.

Example Sentences

"In the sand dollars, the arrangement of the food grooves and consequently the lateral water vessels and their accessory tube feet is more complex (Phelan 1977)."
"Adult echinoderms have a five-part body plan corresponding to the arms of a sea star or the design on the "shell" of a sand dollar."
"If you look carefully, a sand dollar is merely a sea urchin in flattened form."

Inflected Forms

sand dollars (plural)

Phrases

Bahamian sand dollar eccentric sand dollar keyhole sand dollar

Synonyms

clypeasteroid sand cookie sea cookie

Questions

What does sand dollar mean?: Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida, having a flat, disk-shaped body with the mouth in a mid-ventral position, and living in sand, on or near the surface.

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