polypody

Other forms of polypody

plural

polypodies·

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 polypody

What does polypody mean?

polypody means "any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium".

How many syllables are in polypody?

polypody has 4 syllables: po-ly-po-dy. The stress falls on "ly".

Is polypody a common word?

polypody 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.