anole

Questions about anole

What does anole mean?

anole means "small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color".

How many syllables are in anole?

anole has 3 syllables and divides as a-no-le 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 anole?

Close synonyms include American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis. 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 anole a common word?

anole 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.