globicephala

Questions about globicephala

What does globicephala mean?

globicephala means "pilot whales".

How many syllables are in globicephala?

globicephala has 5 syllables: glo-bi-ce-pha-la. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for globicephala?

Close synonyms include genus Globicephala. 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 globicephala a common word?

globicephala 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.