ancylidae

Questions about ancylidae

What does ancylidae mean?

ancylidae means "freshwater gastropod".

How many syllables are in ancylidae?

ancylidae has 4 syllables and divides as an-cy-li-dae under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ancylidae?

Close synonyms include family Ancylidae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ancylidae a common word?

ancylidae is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.