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spermatophore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables
sper-matophore
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spermospore.

noun

A capsule or pocket enclosing a number of spermatozoa, found in many annelids, brachiopods, insects, mollusks, and crustaceans.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From spermato- + -phore.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

spermatophores (plural)

Derived Forms

hemispermatophore pseudospermatophore spermatophoral spermatophorous

Questions

What does spermatophore mean?
A spermospore.
Where does spermatophore come from?
From spermato- + -phore.

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