Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aufwuchs

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
aufwuchs
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The small animals and plants that encrust hard substrates, such as rocks, in aquatic environments.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aufwuchs (“surface growth, overgrowth”).

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Questions

What does aufwuchs mean?
The small animals and plants that encrust hard substrates, such as rocks, in aquatic environments.
Where does aufwuchs come from?
It is traced to German.

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