gelechiid

Other forms of gelechiid

plural

gelechiids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gelechiid

What does gelechiid mean?

gelechiid means "small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests".

How many syllables are in gelechiid?

gelechiid has 4 syllables: ge-le-chi-id. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for gelechiid?

Close synonyms include gelechiid moth. 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 gelechiid a common word?

gelechiid 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.