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taenioid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tae-nioid
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a ribbon; ribbonlike.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon”) + -oid. By surface analysis, taen- + -ioid.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more taenioid (comparative) most taenioid (superlative)

Questions

What does taenioid mean?
Shaped like a ribbon; ribbonlike.
Where does taenioid come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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