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carpophagous

car·poph·a·gous
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kahr-pof-uh-guh s]
    • /kɑrˈpɒf ə gəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kahr-pof-uh-guh s]
    • /kɑrˈpɒf ə gəs/

Definitions of carpophagous word

  • adjective carpophagous feeding on fruit 3
  • adjective carpophagous fruit-eating 3
  • adjective carpophagous feeding on fruit; fruit-eating. 1
  • noun carpophagous Living on fruits; fruit-eating. 1
See all 4 definitions of carpophagous

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Origin of carpophagous

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40; carpo-1 + -phagous

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Parts of speech for Carpophagous

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Carpophagous

carpophagous popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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