sarcocystidean

Questions about sarcocystidean

What does sarcocystidean mean?

sarcocystidean means "parasite of the muscles of vertebrates".

How many syllables are in sarcocystidean?

sarcocystidean has 6 syllables: sar-co-cy-sti-de-an. The stress falls on "sti".

What is another word for sarcocystidean?

Close synonyms include sarcosporidian, sarcocystieian. 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 sarcocystidean a common word?

sarcocystidean 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.