melinae

Questions about melinae

What does melinae mean?

melinae means "subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers".

How many syllables are in melinae?

melinae has 3 syllables and divides as me-li-nae 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 melinae?

Close synonyms include subfamily Melinae. 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 melinae a common word?

melinae 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.