Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telmophagous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tel-mophagous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “pond, puddle”) + -phagous.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: τέλμα
Suffix: phagous

Frequently Paired Words

telmophage telmophagy solenophagous

Questions

What does telmophagous mean?: Feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration.
Where does telmophagous come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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