cryptotermes

Questions about cryptotermes

What does cryptotermes mean?

cryptotermes means "genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes".

How many syllables are in cryptotermes?

cryptotermes has 3 syllables and divides as cryp-toter-mes 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 cryptotermes?

Close synonyms include genus Cryptotermes. 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 cryptotermes a common word?

cryptotermes 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.