psithyrus

Questions about psithyrus

What does psithyrus mean?

psithyrus means "a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste".

How many syllables are in psithyrus?

psithyrus has 3 syllables and divides as psi-thy-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 psithyrus?

Close synonyms include genus Psithyrus. 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 psithyrus a common word?

psithyrus 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.