gempylidae

Questions about gempylidae

What does gempylidae mean?

gempylidae means "snake mackerels".

How many syllables are in gempylidae?

gempylidae has 4 syllables and divides as gem-py-li-dae 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 gempylidae?

Close synonyms include family Gempylidae. 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 gempylidae a common word?

gempylidae 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.