miridae

Questions about miridae

What does miridae mean?

miridae means "leaf bugs".

How many syllables are in miridae?

miridae has 3 syllables and divides as mi-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 miridae?

Close synonyms include family Miridae, Capsidae, family Capsidae. 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 miridae a common word?

miridae 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.