Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

external fertilization

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ter-nal fer-til-iza-tion
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fertilization involving the fusion of the male and female gametes outside the bodies of the reproducing individuals.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

external fertilizations (plural)

Questions

What does external fertilization mean?: Fertilization involving the fusion of the male and female gametes outside the bodies of the reproducing individuals.

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