pomacanthus

Questions about pomacanthus

What does pomacanthus mean?

pomacanthus means "angelfishes".

How many syllables are in pomacanthus?

pomacanthus has 4 syllables and divides as po-ma-can-thus 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 pomacanthus?

Close synonyms include genus Pomacanthus. 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 pomacanthus a common word?

pomacanthus 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.