potamogale

Questions about potamogale

What does potamogale mean?

potamogale means "amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter".

How many syllables are in potamogale?

potamogale has 5 syllables and divides as po-ta-mo-ga-le 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 potamogale?

Close synonyms include otter shrew, Potamogale velox. 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 potamogale a common word?

potamogale 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.