pinguinus

Questions about pinguinus

What does pinguinus mean?

pinguinus means "great auk".

How many syllables are in pinguinus?

pinguinus has 4 syllables and divides as pin-gu-i-nus 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 pinguinus?

Close synonyms include genus Pinguinus. 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 pinguinus a common word?

pinguinus 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.