Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nepenthebiont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ne-penthe-biont
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any animal that lives in, and is dependent on, the pitcher of a Nepenthes pitcher plant.

Example Sentences

"Nepenthebiont animals are characteristic of the pitchers and their aquatic stages are not known to occur in other habitats."
"Nepenthebiont species normally live only in pithers^([sic]) and these account for 66% of the pitcher fauna found in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore."
"Meanwhile, communities of specialised pitcher-dwellers (so-called nepenthebionts) set up in the water volume to take advantage of the food provided by the decaying mass of insect remains at the bottom."

Etymology

From Nepenthes + -biont.

Inflected Forms

nepenthebionts (plural)

Questions

What does nepenthebiont mean?: Any animal that lives in, and is dependent on, the pitcher of a Nepenthes pitcher plant.
Where does nepenthebiont come from?: From Nepenthes + -biont.

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