paprilus

Questions about paprilus

What does paprilus mean?

paprilus means "a genus of Stromateidae".

How many syllables are in paprilus?

paprilus has 3 syllables and divides as pa-pri-lus 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 paprilus?

Close synonyms include genus Paprilus. 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 paprilus a common word?

paprilus 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.