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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suspensorium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sus-pen-so-ri-um
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals

Example Sentences

  • "fish suspensorium"

Etymology

From New Latin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

suspensoria (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

suspensorial

Questions

What does suspensorium mean?
Anything that suspends or holds up a part, especially the mandibular suspensorium, a series of bones or cartilages connecting the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals
Where does suspensorium come from?
From New Latin

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