oxyura

Questions about oxyura

What does oxyura mean?

oxyura means "ruddy duck".

How many syllables are in oxyura?

oxyura has 3 syllables and divides as ox-yu-ra 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 oxyura?

Close synonyms include genus Oxyura. 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 oxyura a common word?

oxyura is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.