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tarsiid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tar-si-id
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any primate in the family Tarsiidae; a tarsier.

Etymology

From French tarsi(er) + -id, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tarsiids (plural)

Questions

What does tarsiid mean?
Any primate in the family Tarsiidae; a tarsier.
Where does tarsiid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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