camelus

Questions about camelus

What does camelus mean?

camelus means "type genus of the Camelidae: camels".

How many syllables are in camelus?

camelus has 3 syllables and divides as ca-me-lus 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 camelus?

Close synonyms include genus Camelus. 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 camelus a common word?

camelus 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.