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geophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
geophilous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.

adj

Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.

adj

growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.

adj

Fruiting underground.

Etymology

From geo- + -philous.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does geophilous mean?
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
Where does geophilous come from?
From geo- + -philous.

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