Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stercophagous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ster-cophagous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dung-eating.

Etymology

From sterco- + -phagous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more stercophagous (comparative) most stercophagous (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does stercophagous mean?
Dung-eating.
Where does stercophagous come from?
From sterco- + -phagous.

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