theraphosidae

Questions about theraphosidae

What does theraphosidae mean?

theraphosidae means "large tropical spiders; tarantulas".

How many syllables are in theraphosidae?

theraphosidae has 5 syllables and divides as the-ra-pho-si-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 theraphosidae?

Close synonyms include family Theraphosidae. 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 theraphosidae a common word?

theraphosidae 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.