lumpenus

Questions about lumpenus

What does lumpenus mean?

lumpenus means "a genus of Stichaeidae".

How many syllables are in lumpenus?

lumpenus has 3 syllables and divides as lum-pe-nus 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 lumpenus?

Close synonyms include genus Lumpenus. 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 lumpenus a common word?

lumpenus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.