spheniscus

Questions about spheniscus

What does spheniscus mean?

spheniscus means "type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins".

How many syllables are in spheniscus?

spheniscus has 3 syllables and divides as sphe-ni-scus 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 spheniscus?

Close synonyms include genus Spheniscus. 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 spheniscus a common word?

spheniscus 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.