stenopterygius

Questions about stenopterygius

What does stenopterygius mean?

stenopterygius means "an ichthyosaur of the genus Stenopterygius".

How many syllables are in stenopterygius?

stenopterygius has 6 syllables and divides as ste-nop-te-ry-gi-us 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 stenopterygius?

Close synonyms include Stenopterygius quadrisicissus. 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 stenopterygius a common word?

stenopterygius 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.