Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crittercam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crit-ter-cam
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study its behavior in the wild.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Studies with crittercams provide a visual record of everything that a marine mammal sees. For example, crittercams have revealed Wedell seals flushing prey from crevices in the ice."
"Sophisticated shark tagging techniques and ‘crittercams’ attached to the animals have also explained a great deal about their behaviour."

Etymology

From critter + cam.

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

crittercams (plural)

Questions

What does crittercam mean?: A package of instruments, including a camera, that can be attached to an animal to study its behavior in the wild.
Where does crittercam come from?: From critter + cam.

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