hexagrammos

Questions about hexagrammos

What does hexagrammos mean?

hexagrammos means "type genus of the Hexagrammidae".

How many syllables are in hexagrammos?

hexagrammos has 4 syllables and divides as hex-a-gram-mos 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 hexagrammos?

Close synonyms include genus Hexagrammos. 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 hexagrammos a common word?

hexagrammos 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.