periophthalmus

Questions about periophthalmus

What does periophthalmus mean?

periophthalmus means "a genus of Gobiidae".

How many syllables are in periophthalmus?

periophthalmus has 5 syllables and divides as pe-ri-oph-thal-mus 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 periophthalmus?

Close synonyms include genus Periophthalmus. 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 periophthalmus a common word?

periophthalmus 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.