babirussa

Questions about babirussa

What does babirussa mean?

babirussa means "Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth".

How many syllables are in babirussa?

babirussa has 4 syllables and divides as ba-bi-rus-sa 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 babirussa?

Close synonyms include babirusa, babiroussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa. 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 babirussa a common word?

babirussa is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.