spalax

Questions about spalax

What does spalax mean?

spalax means "type genus of the Spalacidae".

How many syllables are in spalax?

spalax has 2 syllables and divides as spa-lax 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 spalax?

Close synonyms include genus Spalax. 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 spalax a common word?

spalax 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.