popillia

Questions about popillia

What does popillia mean?

popillia means "a genus of Scarabaeidae".

How many syllables are in popillia?

popillia has 4 syllables and divides as po-pil-li-a 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 popillia?

Close synonyms include genus Popillia. 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 popillia a common word?

popillia 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.