arenaria-melanocephala

1. 1.

   common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America

   Synonymsblack turnstone

   Broaderturnstone

Questions about arenaria-melanocephala

What does arenaria-melanocephala mean?

arenaria-melanocephala means "common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America".

How many syllables are in arenaria-melanocephala?

arenaria-melanocephala has 11 syllables and divides as a-re-na-ri-a--me-la-no-ce-pha-la 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 arenaria-melanocephala?

Close synonyms include black turnstone. 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.