chytridiomycetes

Questions about chytridiomycetes

What does chytridiomycetes mean?

chytridiomycetes means "a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants".

How many syllables are in chytridiomycetes?

chytridiomycetes has 6 syllables and divides as chy-tri-dio-my-ce-tes 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 chytridiomycetes?

Close synonyms include class Chytridiomycetes. 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 chytridiomycetes a common word?

chytridiomycetes 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.