cottus

Questions about cottus

What does cottus mean?

cottus means "type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins".

How many syllables are in cottus?

cottus has 2 syllables and divides as cot-tus 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 cottus?

Close synonyms include genus Cottus. 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 cottus a common word?

cottus 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.