chrysopid

Questions about chrysopid

What does chrysopid mean?

chrysopid means "pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae".

How many syllables are in chrysopid?

chrysopid has 3 syllables and divides as chry-so-pid 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 chrysopid?

Close synonyms include green lacewing, stink fly. 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 chrysopid a common word?

chrysopid 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.