spongefly

Questions about spongefly

What does spongefly mean?

spongefly means "hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges".

How many syllables are in spongefly?

spongefly has 3 syllables and divides as spon-ge-fly 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 spongefly?

Close synonyms include spongillafly. 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 spongefly a common word?

spongefly 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.