Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infrapopulation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-frapop-u-la-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subset of a population

Example Sentences

"If these data are assumed to represent random samples of flukes from the three host species, the Lorenz curves indicate that approximately 10% of flukes in any infrapopulation contribute about 30–35% of all eggs shed by a particular host."

Etymology

From infra- + population.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: infra

Inflected Forms

infrapopulations (plural)

Questions

What does infrapopulation mean?: A subset of a population
Where does infrapopulation come from?: From infra- + population.

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