sturnidae

Questions about sturnidae

What does sturnidae mean?

sturnidae means "Old World starlings".

How many syllables are in sturnidae?

sturnidae has 3 syllables and divides as stur-ni-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 sturnidae?

Close synonyms include family Sturnidae. 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 sturnidae a common word?

sturnidae 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.