Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

termitophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ter-mi-tophagy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Feeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The aardvark or "ant bear" is actually mainly termitophagous rather than ant-eating."
"Six categories of stenophagy were found: myrmecophagy, araneophagy, lepidopterophagy, termitophagy, dipterophagy, and crustaceophagy."

Etymology

From termite + -o- + -phagy.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

myrmecophagy

Questions

What does termitophagy mean?: Feeding on termites as the dominant item of diet.
Where does termitophagy come from?: From termite + -o- + -phagy.

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