capricornis

Questions about capricornis

What does capricornis mean?

capricornis means "serows".

How many syllables are in capricornis?

capricornis has 4 syllables and divides as ca-pri-cor-nis 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 capricornis?

Close synonyms include genus Capricornis. 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 capricornis a common word?

capricornis 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.