Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarsomere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tar-somere
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular subsegment of an insect tarsus.

Etymology

By surface analysis, tarso- (“tarsus”) + -mere (“part”).

Inflected Forms

tarsomeres (plural)

Derived Forms

basotarsomere mesotarsomere metatarsomere protarsomere

Questions

What does tarsomere mean?: A particular subsegment of an insect tarsus.
Where does tarsomere come from?: By surface analysis, tarso- (“tarsus”) + -mere (“part”).

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