subfamily

Questions about subfamily

What does subfamily mean?

subfamily means "(biology) a taxonomic category below a family".

How many syllables are in subfamily?

subfamily has 4 syllables: sub-fam-i-ly. The stress falls on "sub". In IPA it is /ˈsʌbˌfæməli/.

Is subfamily a common word?

subfamily 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.

What rhymes with subfamily?

1 word rhymes with subfamily. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.