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tormogen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tor-mo-gen
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialized epidermal cell in insects, associated with the formation of the socket around the base of a bristle.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”) + -gen.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tormogens (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

thecogen trichogen

Questions

What does tormogen mean?
A specialized epidermal cell in insects, associated with the formation of the socket around the base of a bristle.
Where does tormogen come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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