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petrophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
petrophilous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thriving in a rocky environment.

Etymology

From petro- + -philous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more petrophilous (comparative) most petrophilous (superlative)

Questions

What does petrophilous mean?
Thriving in a rocky environment.
Where does petrophilous come from?
From petro- + -philous.

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