Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water mold

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter -mold
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the class Oomycetes of chromists that includes many plant and fish pathogens.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Early species were thought to be fungi and to prefer high humidity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

water molds (plural)

Questions

What does water mold mean?: Any of the class Oomycetes of chromists that includes many plant and fish pathogens.
Where does water mold come from?: Early species were thought to be fungi and to prefer high humidity.

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