picus

Questions about picus

What does picus mean?

picus means "type genus of Picidae".

How many syllables are in picus?

picus has 2 syllables and divides as pi-cus 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 picus?

Close synonyms include genus Picus. 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 picus a common word?

picus 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.