serrasalmus

Questions about serrasalmus

What does serrasalmus mean?

serrasalmus means "piranhas".

How many syllables are in serrasalmus?

serrasalmus has 4 syllables and divides as ser-ra-sal-mus 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 serrasalmus?

Close synonyms include genus Serrasalmus. 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 serrasalmus a common word?

serrasalmus 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.