poeciliid

Other forms of poeciliid

plural

poeciliids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about poeciliid

What does poeciliid mean?

poeciliid means "small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control".

How many syllables are in poeciliid?

poeciliid has 5 syllables: po-e-ci-li-id. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for poeciliid?

Close synonyms include topminnow, poeciliid fish, live-bearer. 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 poeciliid a common word?

poeciliid 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.