Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psammon

/ˈsæmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: psam-mon
IPA: /ˈsæmən/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The community of organisms living in the sandy, moist habitat along a shoreline.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Rotifers also are present in the psammon, the sandy habitat along the wet reaches of shorelines."

Etymology

From psammo- + -on, to be analogous to plankton.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: psammo
Suffix: on

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

endopsammon epipsammon mesopsammon

Frequently Paired Words

psammobiotic psammophilous

Homonyms

salmon

Questions

How do you pronounce psammon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæmən/.
What does psammon mean?: The community of organisms living in the sandy, moist habitat along a shoreline.
Where does psammon come from?: From psammo- + -on, to be analogous to plankton.

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