Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperparasitoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-par-a-sitoid
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secondary parasitoid, developing or subsisting on another parasitoid.

Example Sentences

"Explanations for the mismatch between mother preference and host suitability can include threat of hyperparasitoids, host defence, and learning of plant-host complex cues."

Etymology

From hyper- + parasitoid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Inflected Forms

hyperparasitoids (plural)

Questions

What does hyperparasitoid mean?: A secondary parasitoid, developing or subsisting on another parasitoid.
Where does hyperparasitoid come from?: From hyper- + parasitoid.

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