sitophylus

Questions about sitophylus

What does sitophylus mean?

sitophylus means "a genus of Bruchidae".

How many syllables are in sitophylus?

sitophylus has 4 syllables and divides as si-to-phy-lus 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 sitophylus?

Close synonyms include genus Sitophylus. 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 sitophylus a common word?

sitophylus 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.