leontocebus

Questions about leontocebus

What does leontocebus mean?

leontocebus means "tamarins".

How many syllables are in leontocebus?

leontocebus has 5 syllables and divides as le-on-to-ce-bus 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 leontocebus?

Close synonyms include genus Leontocebus, genus Leontideus. 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 leontocebus a common word?

leontocebus 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.