lampyridae

Questions about lampyridae

What does lampyridae mean?

lampyridae means "fireflies".

How many syllables are in lampyridae?

lampyridae has 4 syllables and divides as lam-py-ri-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 lampyridae?

Close synonyms include family Lampyridae. 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 lampyridae a common word?

lampyridae 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.