sturnus

Questions about sturnus

What does sturnus mean?

sturnus means "type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings".

How many syllables are in sturnus?

sturnus has 2 syllables and divides as stur-nus 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 sturnus?

Close synonyms include genus Sturnus. 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 sturnus a common word?

sturnus 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.