Iouea
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]1955, created by M. W. de Laubenfels[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- English:
- (General American) IPA(key): /aɪ.oʊˈi.ə/
Proper noun
[edit]†Iouea f
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the order Lithistida – Cretaceous fossil sponges; Synonym of †Schrammeniella.
Usage notes
[edit]- This is the shortest word used in English that contains all five vowels.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Porifera – phylum; Demospongiae - class; Lithistida - order
References
[edit]
List of prehistoric sponges on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Iouea at Paleobiology Database
- ^ Thorpe, Susan (1993) "IOUEA: a Cretaceous coup", Word Ways: Vol. 26: Iss. 2, Article 7.