Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterogonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-go-nic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by heterogony

adj

Describing a parasite whose life cycle is alternated with that of free-living generation

Etymology

From heterogony + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: heterogony

Antonyms

homogonic

Questions

What does heterogonic mean?: Characterized by heterogony
Where does heterogonic come from?: From heterogony + -ic.

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