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cancrivorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
can-criv-o-rous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans

Etymology

From Latin cancer (“crab”) + -vorous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more cancrivorous (comparative) most cancrivorous (superlative)

Questions

What does cancrivorous mean?
That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans
Where does cancrivorous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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