ranatra

Questions about ranatra

What does ranatra mean?

ranatra means "elongate very slender water scorpions".

How many syllables are in ranatra?

ranatra has 3 syllables and divides as ra-na-tra 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 ranatra?

Close synonyms include genus Ranatra. 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 ranatra a common word?

ranatra 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.