balistes

Questions about balistes

What does balistes mean?

balistes means "type genus of the Balistidae".

How many syllables are in balistes?

balistes has 2 syllables and divides as bali-stes 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 balistes?

Close synonyms include genus Balistes. 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 balistes a common word?

balistes is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.