cladorhyncus

Questions about cladorhyncus

What does cladorhyncus mean?

cladorhyncus means "one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills".

How many syllables are in cladorhyncus?

cladorhyncus has 4 syllables and divides as cla-dor-hyn-cus 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 cladorhyncus?

Close synonyms include genus Cladorhyncus. 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 cladorhyncus a common word?

cladorhyncus 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.