mobula

Questions about mobula

What does mobula mean?

mobula means "type genus of the Mobulidae".

How many syllables are in mobula?

mobula has 3 syllables and divides as mo-bu-la 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 mobula?

Close synonyms include genus Mobula. 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 mobula a common word?

mobula 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.