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aufwuchs

aufwuchs noun: the small animals and plants that encrust hard substrates, such as rocks, in aquatic environments.

Noun

aufwuchs (countable and uncountable, plural aufwuchs)

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

Forms of aufwuchs

pluralaufwuchs

Origin of aufwuchs

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

Questions about aufwuchs

What does aufwuchs mean?
Aufwuchs means the small animals and plants that encrust hard substrates, such as rocks, in aquatic environments.
What part of speech is aufwuchs?
Aufwuchs is a noun.
What is the plural of aufwuchs?
The plural of aufwuchs is aufwuchs.

Words near aufwuchs in the dictionary

  1. Aufklärung
  2. auflauf
  3. auflaufs
  4. aufruf
  5. aufwuch
  6. aufwuchs
  7. aug
  8. Aug.
  9. augaptilid
  10. augaptilids
  11. Augar

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