Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deserticolous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-ser-ti-colous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living in a desert.

Example Sentences

"It must be understood that for a deserticolous species the "interpretation" of what a barrier is may be different from that of a jungle species."

Etymology

From desert + -colous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: desert

Inflected Forms

more deserticolous (comparative) most deserticolous (superlative)

Questions

What does deserticolous mean?: Living in a desert.
Where does deserticolous come from?: From desert + -colous.

How to pronounce deserticolous

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