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necrophoresis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
necrophore-sis
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice, of some ants, of removing dead bodies from the colony

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From necro- + -phoresis.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

necrophoreses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

necrophoretic

Questions

What does necrophoresis mean?
The practice, of some ants, of removing dead bodies from the colony
Where does necrophoresis come from?
From necro- + -phoresis.

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