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zootype

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zootype
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.

noun

An animal totem; an animal (or animal figure) that is taken as symbolic of a deeper abstraction.

Etymology

From zoo- + type. In the biological sense, by analogy with phylotype.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

zootypes (plural)

Derived Forms

zootypic

Questions

What does zootype mean?
A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.
Where does zootype come from?
From zoo- + type. In the biological sense, by analogy with phylotype.

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