elaphure

1. 1.

   large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds

   Synonymspere david's deerElaphurus davidianus

   Broaderdeer

   Part ofElaphurus

Other forms of elaphure

plural

elaphures·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elaphure

What does elaphure mean?

elaphure means "large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds".

How many syllables are in elaphure?

elaphure has 3 syllables: e-la-phure. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for elaphure?

Close synonyms include pere david's deer, Elaphurus davidianus. 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 elaphure a common word?

elaphure is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.