chilomastix

Questions about chilomastix

What does chilomastix mean?

chilomastix means "flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates including humans".

How many syllables are in chilomastix?

chilomastix has 4 syllables and divides as chi-lo-ma-stix 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 chilomastix?

Close synonyms include genus Chilomastix. 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 chilomastix a common word?

chilomastix 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.