Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fossorialization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-so-ri-al-iza-tion
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

modification to become fossorial

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the current study, we demonstrate that fossorialization can evolve repeatedly even within a single genus and at a relatively shallow time scale."

Etymology

From fossorial + -ization.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fossorial

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does fossorialization mean?: modification to become fossorial
Where does fossorialization come from?: From fossorial + -ization.

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