dendroctonus

Questions about dendroctonus

What does dendroctonus mean?

dendroctonus means "genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers".

How many syllables are in dendroctonus?

dendroctonus has 4 syllables and divides as den-droc-to-nus 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 dendroctonus?

Close synonyms include genus Dendroctonus. 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 dendroctonus a common word?

dendroctonus 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.