Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epigean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epigean
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That lives on or near the surface of the land.

noun

Any organism that lives on or near the surface of the land.

Example Sentences

"For other Leptodirini, the contraction of the life cycle is less radical, being intermediate between this extreme and a epigean life cycle."
"We also studied the female internal system for a species in the subgenus Aphaenops (Cerbaphaenops), and two species belonging to two other genera, one endogean (Geotrechus) and one epigean (Trechus)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίγειος (epígeios, “earthly”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἐπίγειος

Inflected Forms

epigeans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

epigeal epigeic epigeous hypogean

Questions

What does epigean mean?: That lives on or near the surface of the land.
Where does epigean come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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