sphyrna

Questions about sphyrna

What does sphyrna mean?

sphyrna means "type genus of the Sphyrnidae".

How many syllables are in sphyrna?

sphyrna has 2 syllables and divides as sphyr-na 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 sphyrna?

Close synonyms include genus Sphyrna. 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 sphyrna a common word?

sphyrna 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.