chironomus

Questions about chironomus

What does chironomus mean?

chironomus means "type genus of the Chironomidae".

How many syllables are in chironomus?

chironomus has 4 syllables and divides as chi-ro-no-mus 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 chironomus?

Close synonyms include genus Chironomus. 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 chironomus a common word?

chironomus 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.