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Iouea
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Translingual
Etymology
1955, created by M. W. de LaubenfelsThorpe, Susan (1993) "IOUEA: a Cretaceous coup", Word Ways: Vol. 26: Iss. 2, Article 7.
Pronunciation
English:
en /aɪ.oʊˈi.ə/ GenAm
Proper noun
†1 f
mul archaic genus order Lithistida Cretaceous fossil sponges; mul †Schrammeniella genus
Usage notes
This is the shortest word used in English that contains all five vowels.
Hypernyms
genus ; Demospongiae class - class; Lithistida order - order
References
List of prehistoric sponges
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