scolopax

Questions about scolopax

What does scolopax mean?

scolopax means "type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks".

How many syllables are in scolopax?

scolopax has 3 syllables and divides as sco-lo-pax 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 scolopax?

Close synonyms include genus Scolopax. 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 scolopax a common word?

scolopax 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.