anfioxo
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.fiˈok.su/
anfioxo is spelled A-N-F-I-O-X-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfioxo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lancelet; amphioxus (any of the primitive marine animals of subphylum Cephalochordata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does anfioxo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelancelet; amphioxus (any of the primitive marine animals of subphylum Cephalochordata)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of anfioxo
- anfioxos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anfioxo?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.fiˈok.su/
- Brazil /ɐ̃ˈfjok.su/
- Portugal /ɐ̃ˈfjok.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anfioxo in Portuguese?
anfioxo appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).