trichechus

Questions about trichechus

What does trichechus mean?

trichechus means "type and sole genus of the Trichechidae".

How many syllables are in trichechus?

trichechus has 3 syllables and divides as tri-che-chus 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 trichechus?

Close synonyms include genus Trichecus. 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 trichechus a common word?

trichechus 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.