chlorophis

Questions about chlorophis

What does chlorophis mean?

chlorophis means "African green snakes".

How many syllables are in chlorophis?

chlorophis has 3 syllables and divides as chlo-ro-phis 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 chlorophis?

Close synonyms include genus Chlorophis. 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 chlorophis a common word?

chlorophis 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.