leptodactylus

Questions about leptodactylus

What does leptodactylus mean?

leptodactylus means "type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae".

How many syllables are in leptodactylus?

leptodactylus has 5 syllables and divides as lep-to-dac-ty-lus 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 leptodactylus?

Close synonyms include genus Leptodactylus. 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 leptodactylus a common word?

leptodactylus 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.