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siphuncule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
si-phun-cule
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.

Etymology

From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sīphunculus, σίφων, -

Inflected Forms

siphuncules (plural) siphunculus (alternative)

Questions

What does siphuncule mean?
A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.
Where does siphuncule come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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