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spinigrade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spin-i-grade
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Moving by means of spines.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin spina (“thorn”) + -grade (“means of locomotion”).

Questions

What does spinigrade mean?
Moving by means of spines.
Where does spinigrade come from?
From Latin spina (“thorn”) + -grade (“means of locomotion”).

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