Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tentaculite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ten-ta-c-ulite
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of numerous species of small, conical shells found in Paleozoic rocks, fossils from the extinct genus †Tentaculites.

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin tentaculum + -ites.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tentaculum

Inflected Forms

tentaculites (plural)

Questions

What does tentaculite mean?: Any of numerous species of small, conical shells found in Paleozoic rocks, fossils from the extinct genus †Tentaculites.
Where does tentaculite come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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