Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonspecies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-species
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which is not a species.

Example Sentences

"Either the bird will be downgraded to "threatened" status — which means it can be hunted — or it will be declared a nonspecies, as has already happened to all its taxonomic kissing cousins."

Etymology

From non- + species.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Questions

What does nonspecies mean?: That which is not a species.
Where does nonspecies come from?: From non- + species.

How to pronounce nonspecies

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