siamang

Questions about siamang

What does siamang mean?

siamang means "large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web".

How many syllables are in siamang?

siamang has 3 syllables and divides as si-a-mang 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 siamang?

Close synonyms include Hylobates syndactylus, Symphalangus syndactylus. 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 siamang a common word?

siamang 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.