pierid

Questions about pierid

What does pierid mean?

pierid means "any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs".

How many syllables are in pierid?

pierid has 2 syllables and divides as pie-rid 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 pierid?

Close synonyms include pierid butterfly. 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 pierid a common word?

pierid 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.