cervidae

Questions about cervidae

What does cervidae mean?

cervidae means "deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer".

How many syllables are in cervidae?

cervidae has 3 syllables and divides as cer-vi-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 cervidae?

Close synonyms include family Cervidae. 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 cervidae a common word?

cervidae 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.