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microsporidian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-crosporid-i-an
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, considered to be fungi or close relatives of fungi.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree taxonomic name Microsporidia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English microsporidian From taxonomic name Microsporidia + English -an.

Inflected Forms

microsporidians (plural) microsporidia (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

microsporidial microsporidiosis

Synonyms

microsporidium

Questions

What does microsporidian mean?
Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, considered to be fungi or close relatives of fungi.
Where does microsporidian come from?
Etymology tree taxonomic name Microsporidia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English microsporidian From taxonomic name Microsporidia + English -an.

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