Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wistar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: wis-tar
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outbred albino rat used in medical research, having a wide head, long ears, and a tail shorter than the rest of its body.

Etymology

Developed at the Wistar Institute in 1906.

Inflected Forms

Wistars (plural)

Questions

What does wistar mean?: An outbred albino rat used in medical research, having a wide head, long ears, and a tail shorter than the rest of its body.
Where does wistar come from?: Developed at the Wistar Institute in 1906.

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