meleagris

Questions about meleagris

What does meleagris mean?

meleagris means "type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys".

How many syllables are in meleagris?

meleagris has 4 syllables and divides as me-le-a-gris 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 meleagris?

Close synonyms include genus Meleagris. 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 meleagris a common word?

meleagris 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.