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inia

inia is the plural of inion.

Meaning of inion

Noun

inion (plural inia or inions)

  1. A small protuberance on the external surface of the back of the skull near the neck; the external occipital protuberance.

Noun

inia (plural inias)

  1. Any South American freshwater dolphin of genus (Inia), with a hairy snout.

Forms of inia

pluralinias

Origin of inia

From the genus name.

Questions about inia

What does inia mean?
Inia means any South American freshwater dolphin of genus (Inia), with a hairy snout.
What is inia the plural of?
Inia is the plural of inion.
What part of speech is inia?
Inia is a noun.
What is the plural of inia?
The plural of inia is inias.

Words near inia in the dictionary

  1. inhærently
  2. inhæres
  3. inhæring
  4. inhæritance
  5. inhæsion
  6. inia
  7. iniac
  8. iniad
  9. inial
  10. iniama
  11. iniamas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inia (page history and authors); inion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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