Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichthyotoxicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ichthy-otox-i-c-i-ty
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

toxicity to fish

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Outcomes of antibacterial and antipredatory screening tests. Results for the ichthyotoxicity tests indicate the number of fish (out of three) killed within the 1.5 h exposure period, and the time of first mortality."
"Ichthyotoxicity among respective pavoninins did not differ much, all being lethal to Japanese killifish at 5-10 ppm."
"Blooms of the marine microalga Fibrocapsa japonica (Raphidophyceae) are suggested to lead to the diminution of fish stocks, but the exact mechanism(s) involved in ichthyotoxicity is still unclear."

Etymology

From ichthyo- + toxicity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ichthyo

Usage

Inflected Forms

ichthyotoxicities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ichthyotoxism

Questions

What does ichthyotoxicity mean?: toxicity to fish
Where does ichthyotoxicity come from?: From ichthyo- + toxicity.

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