tatou

Questions about tatou

What does tatou mean?

tatou means "about three feet long exclusive of tail".

How many syllables are in tatou?

tatou has 2 syllables and divides as ta-tou 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 tatou?

Close synonyms include giant armadillo, tatu, Priodontes giganteus. 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 tatou a common word?

tatou 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.