nemertean

Questions about nemertean

What does nemertean mean?

nemertean means "soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract".

How many syllables are in nemertean?

nemertean has 4 syllables and divides as ne-mer-te-an 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 nemertean?

Close synonyms include ribbon worm, nemertine, proboscis worm. 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 nemertean a common word?

nemertean 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.