osteostraci

Questions about osteostraci

What does osteostraci mean?

osteostraci means "extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear".

How many syllables are in osteostraci?

osteostraci has 5 syllables and divides as o-ste-o-stra-ci 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 osteostraci?

Close synonyms include suborder Osteostraci, Cephalaspida, suborder Cephalaspida. 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 osteostraci a common word?

osteostraci 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.