coccoidea

Questions about coccoidea

What does coccoidea mean?

coccoidea means "scale insects and mealybugs".

How many syllables are in coccoidea?

coccoidea has 4 syllables and divides as coc-co-i-dea 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 coccoidea?

Close synonyms include superfamily Coccoidea. 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 coccoidea a common word?

coccoidea 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.