ptyas

Questions about ptyas

What does ptyas mean?

ptyas means "Asian rat snakes".

How many syllables are in ptyas?

ptyas has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. 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 ptyas?

Close synonyms include genus Ptyas. 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 ptyas a common word?

ptyas 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.