numbat

Questions about numbat

What does numbat mean?

numbat means "small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct".

How many syllables are in numbat?

numbat has 2 syllables and divides as num-bat 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 numbat?

Close synonyms include banded anteater, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus. 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 numbat a common word?

numbat 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.