lamna

Questions about lamna

What does lamna mean?

lamna means "a genus of Lamnidae".

How many syllables are in lamna?

lamna has 2 syllables and divides as lam-na 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 lamna?

Close synonyms include genus Lamna. 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 lamna a common word?

lamna 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.