Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scaleback

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scale-back
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scale-like elytra along the back

Archaic

noun

An operation by which something is scaled back or reduced.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From scale + back.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scalebacks (plural)

Synonyms

scale worm scaledown

Questions

What does scaleback mean?
Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scale-like elytra along the back
Where does scaleback come from?
From scale + back.

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