cynocephalus

Questions about cynocephalus

What does cynocephalus mean?

cynocephalus means "type genus of the family Cynocephalidae".

How many syllables are in cynocephalus?

cynocephalus has 5 syllables and divides as cy-no-ce-pha-lus 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 cynocephalus?

Close synonyms include genus Cynocephalus. 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 cynocephalus a common word?

cynocephalus 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.