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benthophage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ben-thophage
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any animal that feeds in the deep sea

Etymology

From bentho- + -phage.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

benthophages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

benthophagous

Questions

What does benthophage mean?
Any animal that feeds in the deep sea
Where does benthophage come from?
From bentho- + -phage.

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