Iouea
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 Encyclopedia of Life
- Iouea at Paleobiology Database
- ^ Thorpe, Susan (1993) "IOUEA: a Cretaceous coup", Word Ways: Vol. 26: Iss. 2, Article 7.