sciurus

Questions about sciurus

What does sciurus mean?

sciurus means "type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels".

How many syllables are in sciurus?

sciurus has 3 syllables and divides as sci-u-rus 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 sciurus?

Close synonyms include genus Sciurus. 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 sciurus a common word?

sciurus 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.