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: ix-o-did. The stress falls on "ix".

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.