ctenidium

1. 1.

   comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks

   Broadergill

Other forms of ctenidium

plural

ctenidia

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ctenidium

What does ctenidium mean?

ctenidium means "comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks".

How many syllables are in ctenidium?

ctenidium has 4 syllables: cte-ni-di-um. The stress falls on "ni".

Is ctenidium a common word?

ctenidium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.