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bacteriophilous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bac-te-rio-philous
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an attraction to bacteria (typically symbiotic)

Etymology

From bacterio- + -philous.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does bacteriophilous mean?
Having an attraction to bacteria (typically symbiotic)
Where does bacteriophilous come from?
From bacterio- + -philous.

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