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lignophagia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lignopha-gia
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The abnormal behaviour of chewing and eating wood.

Uncountable

Etymology

From ligno- + -phagia.

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Questions

What does lignophagia mean?
The abnormal behaviour of chewing and eating wood.
Where does lignophagia come from?
From ligno- + -phagia.

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