catostomidae

Questions about catostomidae

What does catostomidae mean?

catostomidae means "suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae".

How many syllables are in catostomidae?

catostomidae has 5 syllables and divides as ca-to-sto-mi-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 catostomidae?

Close synonyms include family Catostomidae. 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 catostomidae a common word?

catostomidae 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.