pygoscelis

Questions about pygoscelis

What does pygoscelis mean?

pygoscelis means "a genus of Spheniscidae".

How many syllables are in pygoscelis?

pygoscelis has 4 syllables and divides as py-go-sce-lis 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 pygoscelis?

Close synonyms include genus Pygoscelis. 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 pygoscelis a common word?

pygoscelis 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.