motacilla

Questions about motacilla

What does motacilla mean?

motacilla means "type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails".

How many syllables are in motacilla?

motacilla has 4 syllables and divides as mo-ta-cil-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 motacilla?

Close synonyms include genus Motacilla. 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 motacilla a common word?

motacilla 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.