lepas

Questions about lepas

What does lepas mean?

lepas means "type genus of the family Lepadidae".

How many syllables are in lepas?

lepas has 2 syllables and divides as le-pas 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 lepas?

Close synonyms include genus Lepas. 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 lepas a common word?

lepas 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.