charadrius

Questions about charadrius

What does charadrius mean?

charadrius means "type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers".

How many syllables are in charadrius?

charadrius has 4 syllables and divides as cha-ra-dri-us 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 charadrius?

Close synonyms include genus Charadrius. 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 charadrius a common word?

charadrius 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.