Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infauna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: in-fau-na
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments.

Example Sentences

"Burrowing bivalves are infauna that filter-feed from within seafloor sediments."

Inflected Forms

infaunas (plural) infaunae (plural)

Derived Forms

infaunal macroinfauna microinfauna

Questions

What does infauna mean?: Any aquatic organism that lives within the dominant medium of its environment, but especially within aquatic sediments.

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