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supralabial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
supral-abi-al
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the scales that border the mouth opening along the upper jaw in reptiles.

Etymology

From supra- + labial.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

supralabials (plural)

Rhymes With

labial bilabial nasolabial linguolabial nonlabial infralabial dentilabial inguinolabial vaginolabial sublabial gingivolabial buccolabial

Questions

What does supralabial mean?
Any of the scales that border the mouth opening along the upper jaw in reptiles.
Where does supralabial come from?
From supra- + labial.

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