Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exophage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ophage
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any parasite that feeds outside of its host

Example Sentences

"These results corroborate our expectation of a stronger effect of host-plant phylogenetic isolation on endophage diversity than on exophage diversity."

Etymology

From exo- + phage.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: exo

Inflected Forms

exophages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

endophage

Questions

What does exophage mean?: Any parasite that feeds outside of its host
Where does exophage come from?: From exo- + phage.

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