ophisaurus

Questions about ophisaurus

What does ophisaurus mean?

ophisaurus means "glass lizards".

How many syllables are in ophisaurus?

ophisaurus has 4 syllables and divides as o-phi-sau-rus 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 ophisaurus?

Close synonyms include genus Ophisaurus. 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 ophisaurus a common word?

ophisaurus 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.