macrotis

Questions about macrotis

What does macrotis mean?

macrotis means "a genus of Peramelidae".

How many syllables are in macrotis?

macrotis has 3 syllables and divides as ma-cro-tis 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 macrotis?

Close synonyms include genus Macrotis. 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 macrotis a common word?

macrotis 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.