epigeic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Living in the topsoil and depositing wormcasts on the surface.
Example Sentences
- "Our large dataset on epigaeic ant abundances is complemented by a second, smaller dataset of 24 published studies on arboreal ant abundances."
Etymology
From French épigé + -ic. Épigé, first applied in the context of earthworms by Marcel Bouché (see anecic), is from Ancient Greek ἐπίγειος (epígeios, “terrestrial”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: épigé, ἐπίγειος