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antiopelmous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
an-tiopel-mous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposed”) + πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἀντίος

Frequently Paired Words

sympelmous nomopelmous schizopelmous heteropelmous

Questions

What does antiopelmous mean?
Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
Where does antiopelmous come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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