priacanthus

Questions about priacanthus

What does priacanthus mean?

priacanthus means "type genus of the Priacanthidae".

How many syllables are in priacanthus?

priacanthus has 4 syllables and divides as pri-a-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 priacanthus?

Close synonyms include genus Priacanthus. 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 priacanthus a common word?

priacanthus 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.