chlamyphore

Questions about chlamyphore

What does chlamyphore mean?

chlamyphore means "very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck".

How many syllables are in chlamyphore?

chlamyphore has 3 syllables and divides as chla-my-phore 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 chlamyphore?

Close synonyms include pichiciago, pichiciego, fairy armadillo, Chlamyphorus truncatus. 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 chlamyphore a common word?

chlamyphore 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.