struthio

Questions about struthio

What does struthio mean?

struthio means "type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches".

How many syllables are in struthio?

struthio has 3 syllables and divides as stru-thi-o 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 struthio?

Close synonyms include genus Struthio. 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 struthio a common word?

struthio 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.