zygomycetes

Questions about zygomycetes

What does zygomycetes mean?

zygomycetes means "class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota".

How many syllables are in zygomycetes?

zygomycetes has 4 syllables and divides as zygo-my-ce-tes 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 zygomycetes?

Close synonyms include class Zygomycetes. 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 zygomycetes a common word?

zygomycetes 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.