hermatypic

her·ma·type

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hur-muh-tahyp]
- /ˈhɜr məˌtaɪp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hur-muh-tahyp]
- /ˈhɜr məˌtaɪp/

Definitions of hermatypic word

noun hermatypic reef-building coral. 1
noun hermatypic (marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs. 1
adjective hermatypic (of corals) reef-building 0

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Origin of hermatypic

First appearance:

before 1975

One of the 1% newest English words

1975-80; < Greek hérma reef + -type

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Parts of speech for Hermatypic

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hermatypic

hermatypic popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

hermatypic usage trend in Literature

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