discocephali

Questions about discocephali

What does discocephali mean?

discocephali means "small order of fishes comprising the remoras".

How many syllables are in discocephali?

discocephali has 5 syllables and divides as di-sco-ce-pha-li 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 discocephali?

Close synonyms include order Discocephali. 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 discocephali a common word?

discocephali 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.