siluriformes

Questions about siluriformes

What does siluriformes mean?

siluriformes means "an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes".

How many syllables are in siluriformes?

siluriformes has 4 syllables and divides as silu-ri-for-mes 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 siluriformes?

Close synonyms include order Siluriformes. 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 siluriformes a common word?

siluriformes 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.