notophthalmus

Questions about notophthalmus

What does notophthalmus mean?

notophthalmus means "newts".

How many syllables are in notophthalmus?

notophthalmus has 4 syllables and divides as no-toph-thal-mus 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 notophthalmus?

Close synonyms include genus Notophthalmus. 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 notophthalmus a common word?

notophthalmus 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.