ixodid

Other forms of ixodid

plural

ixodids·

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 ixodid

What does ixodid mean?

ixodid means "ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head".

How many syllables are in ixodid?

ixodid has 3 syllables and divides as ix-o-did 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 ixodid?

Close synonyms include hard tick. 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 ixodid a common word?

ixodid 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.