odontaspis

Questions about odontaspis

What does odontaspis mean?

odontaspis means "type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks".

How many syllables are in odontaspis?

odontaspis has 4 syllables and divides as o-don-ta-spis 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 odontaspis?

Close synonyms include Carcharias, genus Carcharias, genus Odontaspis. 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 odontaspis a common word?

odontaspis 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.