pleuronectes

Questions about pleuronectes

What does pleuronectes mean?

pleuronectes means "type genus of the Pleuronectidae".

How many syllables are in pleuronectes?

pleuronectes has 4 syllables and divides as pleu-ro-nec-tes 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 pleuronectes?

Close synonyms include genus Pleuronectes. 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 pleuronectes a common word?

pleuronectes 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.