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saprophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
saprophilous
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thriving on dead or decaying matter.

Etymology

From sapro- + -philous.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does saprophilous mean?
Thriving on dead or decaying matter.
Where does saprophilous come from?
From sapro- + -philous.

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