tipulidae

Questions about tipulidae

What does tipulidae mean?

tipulidae means "crane flies".

How many syllables are in tipulidae?

tipulidae has 4 syllables and divides as ti-pu-li-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 tipulidae?

Close synonyms include family Tipulidae. 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 tipulidae a common word?

tipulidae 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.