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hyperparasitism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-par-a-sitism
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Parasitism by one parasite upon another.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hyper- + parasitism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hyperparasitisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hyperparasite hyperparasitic hyperparasitize

Questions

What does hyperparasitism mean?
Parasitism by one parasite upon another.
Where does hyperparasitism come from?
From hyper- + parasitism.

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