dictyophera

Questions about dictyophera

What does dictyophera mean?

dictyophera means "closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus".

How many syllables are in dictyophera?

dictyophera has 4 syllables and divides as dic-tyo-phe-ra 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 dictyophera?

Close synonyms include genus Dictyophera. 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 dictyophera a common word?

dictyophera 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.