Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leafeater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leafeater
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any organism that consumes leaves.

Example Sentences

"Eliminate just one kind of tree out of hundreds in such a forest, and some of its pollinators, leafeaters, and woodborers will disappear with it, then various of their parasites and key predators […]"

Etymology

From leaf + eater.

Inflected Forms

leafeaters (plural)

Questions

What does leafeater mean?: Any organism that consumes leaves.
Where does leafeater come from?: From leaf + eater.

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