Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoöphagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zoophagy
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of zoophagy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“Oh, no, oh no! I want no souls. Life is all I want.” Here he brightened up; “I am pretty indifferent about it at present. Life is all right; I have all I want. You must get a new patient, doctor, if you wish to study zoöphagy!”"
"Darwin’s stimulus influenced Profesor Karl von Goebel, and in turn, his student Francis Ernest Lloyd whose monograph, The Carnivorous Plants (1942) is the vade mecum for the student of zoöphagy in plants."
"“…You must get a new patient, doctor, if you wish to study zoöphagy!”"

Etymology

From zoö- + -phagy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: zoö
Suffix: phagy

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does zoöphagy mean?: Alternative form of zoophagy.
Where does zoöphagy come from?: From zoö- + -phagy.

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