Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xylophagan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xy-lopha-gan
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga.

Example Sentences

"Can you call the Captain Clitus? / Logan, Grant, and Ronald Reagan / In the grave with Xylophagan"

Etymology

Xylophaga + -an

Word Breakdown

Suffix: an

Inflected Forms

xylophagans (plural)

Questions

What does xylophagan mean?: Any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga.
Where does xylophagan come from?: Xylophaga + -an

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