damaliscus

Questions about damaliscus

What does damaliscus mean?

damaliscus means "African antelopes: sassabies".

How many syllables are in damaliscus?

damaliscus has 4 syllables and divides as da-ma-li-scus 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 damaliscus?

Close synonyms include genus Damaliscus. 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 damaliscus a common word?

damaliscus 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.