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periphyton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
pe-ri-phy-ton
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.

Countable; Uncountable

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Usage

Inflected Forms

periphytons (plural)

Derived Forms

periphytic phytoperiphyton

Questions

What does periphyton mean?
A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.

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