Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scytalinid

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scy-tal-in-id
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noun

Any member of the family Scytalinidae of very slender burrowing fish called graveldivers.

Etymology

From Latin Scytalinidae, from Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “club”) + -ινος (-inos, “-ine”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, “-id”). Equivalent to scytale + -ine + -id.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Scytalinidae, σκυτάλη

Inflected Forms

scytalinids (plural)

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What does scytalinid mean?: Any member of the family Scytalinidae of very slender burrowing fish called graveldivers.
Where does scytalinid come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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