Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scaletail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scale-tail
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the scaly-tailed species of flying squirrel, especially of Zenkerella insignis; a Cameroon scaly-tail.

Example Sentences

"There is to be found in Africa, only, a flying-squirrel so different in structure and relationships that it is held to represent a separate order by some zoölogists, — the anomalurus lurus, or "scaletail.""
"The most generalised member of the family is the flightless scaletail (Zenkerella insignis) of West Africa, which has the appearance of a small grey squirrel, although furnished with scales on the tail."
"Scaly-tailed flying squirrels, or scaletails, are placed in 4 genera and about 12 species, all but one of which, the flightless scaletail (Zenkerella insignis), possess gliding membranes."
"It can be found both in the capybara and the harvest mouse, in the beaver and the squirrel, and in the meadow mouse and the scaletail."

Etymology

From scale + tail, from the scales that appear on the tails.

Inflected Forms

scaletails (plural)

Questions

What does scaletail mean?: Any of the scaly-tailed species of flying squirrel, especially of Zenkerella insignis; a Cameroon scaly-tail.
Where does scaletail come from?: From scale + tail, from the scales that appear on the tails.

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