lamellibranchia

Questions about lamellibranchia

What does lamellibranchia mean?

lamellibranchia means "oysters; clams; scallops; mussels".

How many syllables are in lamellibranchia?

lamellibranchia has 6 syllables and divides as la-mel-li-bran-chi-a 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 lamellibranchia?

Close synonyms include Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda. 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 lamellibranchia a common word?

lamellibranchia 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.