dibranchiata

Questions about dibranchiata

What does dibranchiata mean?

dibranchiata means "comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)".

How many syllables are in dibranchiata?

dibranchiata has 5 syllables and divides as di-bran-chi-a-ta 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 dibranchiata?

Close synonyms include subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia. 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 dibranchiata a common word?

dibranchiata 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.