Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fossoriality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-so-ri-al-i-ty
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being fossorial

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Comparisons of forelimb morphologies associated with fossoriality within Cryptotis [9 ] to those among shrews in the African subfamily Myosoricinae showed strongly convergent adaptions^([sic]) of the forelimb in the two groups [33 ]."

Etymology

From fossorial + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fossorial

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does fossoriality mean?: The condition of being fossorial
Where does fossoriality come from?: From fossorial + -ity.

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