callinectes

Questions about callinectes

What does callinectes mean?

callinectes means "New World blue crabs".

How many syllables are in callinectes?

callinectes has 3 syllables and divides as cal-linec-tes 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 callinectes?

Close synonyms include genus Callinectes. 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 callinectes a common word?

callinectes 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.