Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xenointoxication

/ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɑk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xenoin-tox-i-ca-tion
IPA: /ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɑk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From xeno- (“From a donor of another species”) + intoxication. The term first appeared as a translation of Spanish xenointoxicación, both attested in an Argentinan research article in December 1948.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: xenointoxicación

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɑk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/
British English: /ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɒk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

xenointoxications (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce xenointoxication?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌzɛn.ə.ɪn.tɑk.sɪˈkeɪʃən/.
What does xenointoxication mean?: A form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite.
Where does xenointoxication come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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