thanatofauna
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Fauna present on a dead body, especially one that may be used to estimate the time of death.
Example Sentences
- "The presented study provides the necessary groundwork and important insights into the strengths and limitations of individual approaches, as well as the background for developing multidisciplinary operating procedures, specifically for understanding general applicability of investigated PMI markers (i.e., morphology, protein biochemistry, thanatofauna and microbiome) for bodies in earth graves."
Etymology
From thanato- + fauna.