unionidae

Questions about unionidae

What does unionidae mean?

unionidae means "freshwater mussels found worldwide".

How many syllables are in unionidae?

unionidae has 5 syllables and divides as u-ni-o-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 unionidae?

Close synonyms include family Unionidae. 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 unionidae a common word?

unionidae 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.