Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ornithophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-nithophilous
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thriving in the presence of birds.

adj

Pollinated by birds.

Etymology

From ornitho- + -philous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ornithophilous (comparative) most ornithophilous (superlative)

Questions

What does ornithophilous mean?
Thriving in the presence of birds.
Where does ornithophilous come from?
From ornitho- + -philous.

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