nymphalidae

Questions about nymphalidae

What does nymphalidae mean?

nymphalidae means "large beautifully colored butterflies".

How many syllables are in nymphalidae?

nymphalidae has 4 syllables and divides as nym-pha-li-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 nymphalidae?

Close synonyms include family Nymphalidae. 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 nymphalidae a common word?

nymphalidae 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.