megachile

Questions about megachile

What does megachile mean?

megachile means "type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees".

How many syllables are in megachile?

megachile has 4 syllables and divides as me-ga-chi-le 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 megachile?

Close synonyms include genus Megachile. 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 megachile a common word?

megachile 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.