Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

terebratula

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ter-e-brat-u-la
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Terebratula of brachiopods.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Terebratula. Further from Latin terebrātus (“boring, drilling”) + Latin -ula (diminutive suffix), from terebrō (“to bore, to drill”), terebra (“borer, drill, gimlet”), and terō (“to rub, to wear upon”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to turn, to pierce, to drill”).

Origin

Source language: Proto-Indo-European

Word Breakdown

Prefix: terebrātus
Root: *terh₁-, Terebratula
Suffix: -ula

Inflected Forms

terebratulas (plural) terebratulae (plural)

Derived Forms

terebratuliform

Frequently Paired Words

terebratular terebratulid terebratuloid

Questions

What does terebratula mean?: Any member of the genus Terebratula of brachiopods.
Where does terebratula come from?: It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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