Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phyllostomid

/fɪˈlɒstəmɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phyl-losto-mid
IPA: /fɪˈlɒstəmɪd/

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bat of the family Phyllostomidae, having large, lance-shaped noses; a leaf-nosed bat.

Example Sentences

"As I mentioned previously, pteropodid bats have been much less studied than phyllostomids"

Etymology

From translingual Phyllostomidae.

Word Breakdown

Root: Phyllostomidae

Inflected Forms

phyllostomids (plural)

Synonyms

phyllostome nose-leaf bat

Questions

How do you pronounce phyllostomid?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɪˈlɒstəmɪd/.
What does phyllostomid mean?: Any bat of the family Phyllostomidae, having large, lance-shaped noses; a leaf-nosed bat.
Where does phyllostomid come from?: From translingual Phyllostomidae.

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