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anteciliary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
an-te-cil-iary
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated before the ciliary band, that is, before the band in front of the marginal fringe of the wings.

Etymology

From ante- + ciliary.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more anteciliary (comparative) most anteciliary (superlative)

Rhymes With

periciliary extraciliary intraciliary multiciliary postciliary interciliary circumciliary preciliary

Questions

What does anteciliary mean?
Situated before the ciliary band, that is, before the band in front of the marginal fringe of the wings.
Where does anteciliary come from?
From ante- + ciliary.

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