Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

operational taxonomic unit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: op-er-a-tional -tax-o-nomic u-nit
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A terminal node in phylogenetic analysis; an organism.

Example Sentences

"External nodes: things under comparison; operational taxonomic units"

Inflected Forms

operational taxonomic units (plural) OTU (alternative)

Phrases

hypothetical taxonomic unit

Frequently Paired Words

hypothetical taxonomic unit

Questions

What does operational taxonomic unit mean?: A terminal node in phylogenetic analysis; an organism.

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