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saprozoic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sapro-zoic
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

feeding on dead or decaying animal matter

adj

saprophagous

Etymology

From sapro- + -zoic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more saprozoic (comparative) most saprozoic (superlative)

Synonyms

saprophagous

Questions

What does saprozoic mean?
feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
Where does saprozoic come from?
From sapro- + -zoic.

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