tarsius

Questions about tarsius

What does tarsius mean?

tarsius means "type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae".

How many syllables are in tarsius?

tarsius has 3 syllables and divides as tar-si-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 tarsius?

Close synonyms include genus Tarsius. 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 tarsius a common word?

tarsius 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.