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photophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-tophilous
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thriving in the presence of light.

Etymology

From photo- + -philous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more photophilous (comparative) most photophilous (superlative)

Questions

What does photophilous mean?
Thriving in the presence of light.
Where does photophilous come from?
From photo- + -philous.

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