scampo

Questions about scampo

What does scampo mean?

scampo means "caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster".

How many syllables are in scampo?

scampo has 2 syllables and divides as scam-po 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 scampo?

Close synonyms include Norwegian lobster, langoustine. 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 scampo a common word?

scampo 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.