mirounga

Questions about mirounga

What does mirounga mean?

mirounga means "elephant seals".

How many syllables are in mirounga?

mirounga has 3 syllables and divides as mi-roun-ga 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 mirounga?

Close synonyms include genus Mirounga. 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 mirounga a common word?

mirounga 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.