spodoptera

Questions about spodoptera

What does spodoptera mean?

spodoptera means "moths whose larvae are armyworms".

How many syllables are in spodoptera?

spodoptera has 4 syllables and divides as spo-dop-te-ra 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 spodoptera?

Close synonyms include genus Spodoptera. 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 spodoptera a common word?

spodoptera 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.