meropidae

Questions about meropidae

What does meropidae mean?

meropidae means "bee-eaters".

How many syllables are in meropidae?

meropidae has 4 syllables and divides as me-ro-pi-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 meropidae?

Close synonyms include family Meropidae. 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 meropidae a common word?

meropidae 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.