clupea

Questions about clupea

What does clupea mean?

clupea means "type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings".

How many syllables are in clupea?

clupea has 3 syllables and divides as clu-pe-a 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 clupea?

Close synonyms include genus Clupea. 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 clupea a common word?

clupea 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.