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9 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
originFrom French leptotène, corresponding to lepto- (“thin”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- tentpole 10
- potteen 9
- lepton 8
- pettle 8
- poteen 8
- potent 8
- pottle 8
- notelet 7
- elope 7
- elpee 7
- netop 7
- pelon 7