filariid

1. 1.

   of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae

   zoology

Questions about filariid

What does filariid mean?

filariid means "of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae".

How many syllables are in filariid?

filariid has 4 syllables and divides as fi-la-ri-id 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.

Is filariid a common word?

filariid 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.