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sphenocorona

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sphe-no-coro-na
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, whose faces are composed of 12 equilateral triangles and 2 squares.

Etymology

Blend of sphenoid + corona or from spheno- + corona. Coined by Norman W. Johnson in 1969.

Phrases

augmented sphenocorona

Frequently Paired Words

sphenomegacorona hebesphenomegacorona

Questions

What does sphenocorona mean?
A polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, whose faces are composed of 12 equilateral triangles and 2 squares.
Where does sphenocorona come from?
Blend of sphenoid + corona or from spheno- + corona. Coined by Norman W. Johnson in 1969.

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