holocentrus

Questions about holocentrus

What does holocentrus mean?

holocentrus means "type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes".

How many syllables are in holocentrus?

holocentrus has 4 syllables and divides as ho-lo-cen-trus 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 holocentrus?

Close synonyms include genus Holocentrus. 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 holocentrus a common word?

holocentrus 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.