psephurus

Questions about psephurus

What does psephurus mean?

psephurus means "a genus of Polyodontidae".

How many syllables are in psephurus?

psephurus has 3 syllables and divides as pse-phu-rus 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 psephurus?

Close synonyms include genus Psephurus. 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 psephurus a common word?

psephurus 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.