lepidochelys

Questions about lepidochelys

What does lepidochelys mean?

lepidochelys means "ridleys".

How many syllables are in lepidochelys?

lepidochelys has 5 syllables and divides as le-pi-do-che-lys 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 lepidochelys?

Close synonyms include genus Lepidochelys. 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 lepidochelys a common word?

lepidochelys 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.