Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tritrophic

/tɹaɪˈtɹoʊ.fɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tritroph-ic
IPA: /tɹaɪˈtɹoʊ.fɪk/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite that feeds on a third parasite.

Example Sentences

"The spatial overlap between bean species and bruchine hosts, together with the great morphological similarity among the Horismenus species, has made the study of the ecology and population genetics of this tritrophic system difficult."

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) + -trophic (“relating to feeding and nutrition”), from Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “nursing, tending”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment, food”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: τροφικός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɹaɪˈtɹoʊ.fɪk/
British English: /tɹʌɪˈtɹəʊ.fɪk/

Frequently Paired Words

bitrophic

Rhymes With

craniosophic historiosophic oxalotrophic gymnosophic symbiotrophic nontrophic ariosophic

Questions

How do you pronounce tritrophic?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹaɪˈtɹoʊ.fɪk/.
What does tritrophic mean?: Describing a parasite that feeds on another parasite that feeds on a third parasite.
Where does tritrophic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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