syrphid
/səɹfɪd/adjective, noun
syrphid is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to flies of the family Syrphidae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-Y-R-P-H-I-D, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does syrphid mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to flies of the family Syrphidae.
noun
- 1
Any species of the hoverfly family Syrphidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce syrphid?
- /səɹfɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of syrphid
- more syrphid comparative
- most syrphid superlative
- syrphids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is syrphid?
Syrphid appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does syrphid come from?
From translingual Syrphidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).