trematode
/ˈtrɛm.əˌtoʊd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He passed under the last of the bridges and around the bend in the river, through peaceful farmland, high fields tilted on the slopes and rich turned earth in patches of black corrugation among the greening purlieus and small cultivated orchards like scenes of plenitude from picturebooks suddenly pasted over the waste he was a familiar of, the river like a giant trematode curling down out of the city, welling heavy and septic past these fine homes on the north shore."
Etymology
From translingual Trematoda, from Ancient Greek τρημᾰτώδης (trēmătṓdēs, “having a vent to the intestinal canal”), from τρῆμᾰ (trêmă, “perforation, aperture”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “full of, -like”). See also -ode.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Trematoda, τρημᾰτώδης
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtrɛm.əˌtoʊd/
- British English: /ˈtrɛm.ə.təʊd/