didelphis

Questions about didelphis

What does didelphis mean?

didelphis means "type genus of the family Didelphidae".

How many syllables are in didelphis?

didelphis has 3 syllables and divides as di-del-phis 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 didelphis?

Close synonyms include genus Didelphis. 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 didelphis a common word?

didelphis 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.