Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biocalcifying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bio-cal-ci-fy-ing
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing biocalcification.

Example Sentences

"Such algae are usually an order of magnitude smaller (usually sub-millimetric sizes), besides, our specimens are preserved as phosphates rather than carbonates (see discussion on taphonomy); biocalcifying algae would be probably be preserved as the latter."

Etymology

From biocalcify + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: biocalcify

Questions

What does biocalcifying mean?: Causing biocalcification.
Where does biocalcifying come from?: From biocalcify + -ing.

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