cryptobranchus

Questions about cryptobranchus

What does cryptobranchus mean?

cryptobranchus means "type genus of the Cryptobranchidae".

How many syllables are in cryptobranchus?

cryptobranchus has 4 syllables and divides as cryp-to-bran-chus 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 cryptobranchus?

Close synonyms include genus Cryptobranchus. 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 cryptobranchus a common word?

cryptobranchus 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.