phalaropus

Questions about phalaropus

What does phalaropus mean?

phalaropus means "type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes".

How many syllables are in phalaropus?

phalaropus has 4 syllables and divides as pha-la-ro-pus 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 phalaropus?

Close synonyms include genus Phalaropus. 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 phalaropus a common word?

phalaropus 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.