haematophagous
/hɪˌmætəˈfeɪɡəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) English haemato- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφαγον (éphagon) Ancient Greek -φάγος (-phágos)bor. Latin -phagusbor. English -phagous English haematophagous From haemato- + -phagous.
Usage
- British usage