arca

Questions about arca

What does arca mean?

arca means "type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams".

How many syllables are in arca?

arca has 2 syllables and divides as ar-ca 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 arca?

Close synonyms include genus Arca. 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 arca a common word?

arca 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.