Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bum-breathing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: bum-breath-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the ability to absorb oxygen from water through a gill-like structure in the anus (as solely possessed by the Mary River turtle, Elusor macrurus, of southeast Queensland, Australia).

Questions

What does bum-breathing mean?: Having the ability to absorb oxygen from water through a gill-like structure in the anus (as solely possessed by the Mary River turtle, Elusor macrurus, of southeast Queensland, Australia).

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