Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arenicolous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
areni-colous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living or burrowing in sand.

Etymology

From Latin arēna, harēna (“sand”) + -colous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does arenicolous mean?
Living or burrowing in sand.
Where does arenicolous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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