podilymbus

Questions about podilymbus

What does podilymbus mean?

podilymbus means "a genus of Podicipedidae".

How many syllables are in podilymbus?

podilymbus has 4 syllables and divides as po-di-lym-bus 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 podilymbus?

Close synonyms include genus Podilymbus. 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 podilymbus a common word?

podilymbus 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.