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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oryzivorous

/ˌɒɹɪˈzɪvəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oryziv-o-rous
IPA
/ˌɒɹɪˈzɪvəɹəs/
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a diet rich in rice.

Etymology

From Latin orȳza (“rice”) + -vorous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

carnivorous omnivorous herbivorous insectivorous piscivorous frugivorous sanguinivorous graminivorous granivorous aurivorous baccivorous fungivorous

Questions

How do you pronounce oryzivorous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɒɹɪˈzɪvəɹəs/.
What does oryzivorous mean?
Having a diet rich in rice.
Where does oryzivorous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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