Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scolopendrine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scolopen-drine
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes.

Archaic

Etymology

From Scolopendra + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Scolopendra

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more scolopendrine (comparative) most scolopendrine (superlative)

Synonyms

scolopendrous

Questions

What does scolopendrine mean?: Belonging to, or pertaining to the Scolopendra, a genus of centipedes.
Where does scolopendrine come from?: From Scolopendra + -ine.

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