Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dendrophagous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
den-drophagous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That feeds on the wood of trees.

Etymology

From dendro- + -phagous.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does dendrophagous mean?
That feeds on the wood of trees.
Where does dendrophagous come from?
From dendro- + -phagous.

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