Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paludicolous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
palu-di-colous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That lives in swamps or marshes.

Etymology

From Latin palūs (“marsh”) + -colous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more paludicolous (comparative) most paludicolous (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does paludicolous mean?
That lives in swamps or marshes.
Where does paludicolous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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