troglodytes

Questions about troglodytes

What does troglodytes mean?

troglodytes means "type genus of the Troglodytidae".

How many syllables are in troglodytes?

troglodytes has 3 syllables and divides as tro-glody-tes 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 troglodytes?

Close synonyms include genus Troglodytes. 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 troglodytes a common word?

troglodytes 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.