orcinus

Questions about orcinus

What does orcinus mean?

orcinus means "killer whales".

How many syllables are in orcinus?

orcinus has 3 syllables: or-ci-nus. The stress falls on "or".

What is another word for orcinus?

Close synonyms include genus Orcinus. 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 orcinus a common word?

orcinus 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.