pyrocephalus

Questions about pyrocephalus

What does pyrocephalus mean?

pyrocephalus means "a genus of Tyrannidae".

How many syllables are in pyrocephalus?

pyrocephalus has 5 syllables and divides as py-ro-ce-pha-lus 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 pyrocephalus?

Close synonyms include genus Pyrocephalus. 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 pyrocephalus a common word?

pyrocephalus 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.