squalidae

Questions about squalidae

What does squalidae mean?

squalidae means "dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin".

How many syllables are in squalidae?

squalidae has 4 syllables and divides as squa-li-da-e 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 squalidae?

Close synonyms include family Squalidae. 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 squalidae a common word?

squalidae 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.