Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autophagi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-topha-gi
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.

Obsolete

Etymology

From auto- (“by oneself”) + Latin -phagus (“eater”, plural -phagī). The attested Ancient Greek αὐτοφάγος (autophágos) would have meant "self-devouring, autophagous".

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -phagus

Usage

Obsolete

Frequently Paired Words

insessores

Questions

What does autophagi mean?: Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
Where does autophagi come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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