Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macrobiota

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mac-ro-bio-ta
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The macroscopic flora and fauna of a region.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English biota English macrobiota From macro- + biota.

Usage

Inflected Forms

macrobiotas (plural)

Questions

What does macrobiota mean?: The macroscopic flora and fauna of a region.
Where does macrobiota come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English biota English macrobiota From macro- + biota.

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