zalophus

Questions about zalophus

What does zalophus mean?

zalophus means "sea lions".

How many syllables are in zalophus?

zalophus has 3 syllables and divides as za-lo-phus 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 zalophus?

Close synonyms include genus Zalophus. 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 zalophus a common word?

zalophus 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.