cynopterus

Questions about cynopterus

What does cynopterus mean?

cynopterus means "a genus of Megachiroptera".

How many syllables are in cynopterus?

cynopterus has 4 syllables and divides as cy-nop-te-rus 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 cynopterus?

Close synonyms include genus Cynopterus. 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 cynopterus a common word?

cynopterus 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.