colaptes

Questions about colaptes

What does colaptes mean?

colaptes means "a genus of Picidae".

How many syllables are in colaptes?

colaptes has 2 syllables and divides as colap-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 colaptes?

Close synonyms include genus Colaptes. 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 colaptes a common word?

colaptes 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.