sciarid

Questions about sciarid

What does sciarid mean?

sciarid means "minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings".

How many syllables are in sciarid?

sciarid has 3 syllables and divides as sci-a-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 sciarid?

Close synonyms include fungus gnat, sciara. 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 sciarid a common word?

sciarid 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.