phyllostomidae

Questions about phyllostomidae

What does phyllostomidae mean?

phyllostomidae means "New World leaf-nosed bats".

How many syllables are in phyllostomidae?

phyllostomidae has 5 syllables and divides as phyl-lo-sto-mi-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 phyllostomidae?

Close synonyms include family Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomatidae. 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 phyllostomidae a common word?

phyllostomidae 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.