Speakur

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defaunation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fau-na-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The loss of animals from a habitat

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From de- + fauna + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

defaunations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

refaunation deforestation

Questions

What does defaunation mean?
The loss of animals from a habitat
Where does defaunation come from?
From de- + fauna + -ation.

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