ceratitis

Questions about ceratitis

What does ceratitis mean?

ceratitis means "Mediterranean fruit flies".

How many syllables are in ceratitis?

ceratitis has 4 syllables and divides as ce-ra-ti-tis 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 ceratitis?

Close synonyms include genus Ceratitis. 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 ceratitis a common word?

ceratitis 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.