phasmatodea

Questions about phasmatodea

What does phasmatodea mean?

phasmatodea means "in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects".

How many syllables are in phasmatodea?

phasmatodea has 5 syllables and divides as pha-sma-to-de-a 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 phasmatodea?

Close synonyms include Phasmida, order Phasmida, order Phasmatodea. 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 phasmatodea a common word?

phasmatodea 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.