pinctada

Questions about pinctada

What does pinctada mean?

pinctada means "pearl oysters".

How many syllables are in pinctada?

pinctada has 3 syllables: pinc-ta-da. The stress falls on "pinc".

What is another word for pinctada?

Close synonyms include genus Pinctada. 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 pinctada a common word?

pinctada 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.