delphinapterus

Questions about delphinapterus

What does delphinapterus mean?

delphinapterus means "white whale".

How many syllables are in delphinapterus?

delphinapterus has 5 syllables and divides as del-phi-nap-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 delphinapterus?

Close synonyms include genus Delphinapterus. 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 delphinapterus a common word?

delphinapterus 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.