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calcivorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cal-civ-o-rous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living on, and tending to erode, limestone.

Etymology

From calci- + -vorous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more calcivorous (comparative) most calcivorous (superlative)

Questions

What does calcivorous mean?
Living on, and tending to erode, limestone.
Where does calcivorous come from?
From calci- + -vorous.

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