sciuridae

Questions about sciuridae

What does sciuridae mean?

sciuridae means "a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles".

How many syllables are in sciuridae?

sciuridae has 4 syllables and divides as sci-u-ri-dae 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 sciuridae?

Close synonyms include family Sciuridae. 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 sciuridae a common word?

sciuridae 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.