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trophosome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tropho-some
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.

noun

The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide.

noun

An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal.

Etymology

From tropho- + -some.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

trophosomes (plural)

Derived Forms

trophosomal

Frequently Paired Words

bacteriome

Questions

What does trophosome mean?
The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.
Where does trophosome come from?
From tropho- + -some.

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