Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schizobiont

/ˌskɪt.soʊˈbaɪ.ɑnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schi-zo-bi-ont
IPA: /ˌskɪt.soʊˈbaɪ.ɑnt/

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bacterium that lives in symbiosis with a lichen thallus; a bacterial symbiont.

Dated

Etymology

From schizo- + -biont.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌskɪt.soʊˈbaɪ.ɑnt/
British English: /ˌskɪt.səʊˈbaɪ.ɒnt/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

schizobionts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cyanobiont phycobiont photobiont mycobiont

Questions

How do you pronounce schizobiont?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌskɪt.soʊˈbaɪ.ɑnt/.
What does schizobiont mean?: A bacterium that lives in symbiosis with a lichen thallus; a bacterial symbiont.
Where does schizobiont come from?: From schizo- + -biont.

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