Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperphoresy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-phoresy
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation of one organism carrying another organism, which is itself carrying a third organism, due to phoresy.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From hyper- + phoresy.

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What does hyperphoresy mean?
The situation of one organism carrying another organism, which is itself carrying a third organism, due to phoresy.
Where does hyperphoresy come from?
From hyper- + phoresy.

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