nemertea

Questions about nemertea

What does nemertea mean?

nemertea means "proboscis worms".

How many syllables are in nemertea?

nemertea has 4 syllables: ne-mer-te-a. The stress falls on "mer".

What is another word for nemertea?

Close synonyms include phylum Nemertea, Nemertina, phylum Nemertina. 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 nemertea a common word?

nemertea 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.