argiopidae

Questions about argiopidae

What does argiopidae mean?

argiopidae means "spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution".

How many syllables are in argiopidae?

argiopidae has 5 syllables and divides as ar-gi-o-pi-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 argiopidae?

Close synonyms include family Argiopidae, orb-weaver. 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 argiopidae a common word?

argiopidae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.