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monoxenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
monoxe-nous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Living on only one kind of host

Etymology

From mono- + -xenous. From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos): “alone, only, sole, single” + ξένος (xénos): “alien”.

Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

monoxeny oligoxenous

Questions

What does monoxenous mean?
Living on only one kind of host
Where does monoxenous come from?
From mono- + -xenous. From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos): “alone, only, sole, single” + ξένος (xénos): “alien”.

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