lactophrys

Questions about lactophrys

What does lactophrys mean?

lactophrys means "a genus of Ostraciidae".

How many syllables are in lactophrys?

lactophrys has 3 syllables and divides as lac-toph-rys 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 lactophrys?

Close synonyms include genus Lactophrys. 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 lactophrys a common word?

lactophrys 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.