desmodontidae

Questions about desmodontidae

What does desmodontidae mean?

desmodontidae means "true vampire bats".

How many syllables are in desmodontidae?

desmodontidae has 5 syllables and divides as de-smo-don-ti-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 desmodontidae?

Close synonyms include family Desmodontidae. 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 desmodontidae a common word?

desmodontidae 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.