heterocephalus

Questions about heterocephalus

What does heterocephalus mean?

heterocephalus means "sand rats".

How many syllables are in heterocephalus?

heterocephalus has 6 syllables: he-te-ro-ce-pha-lus. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for heterocephalus?

Close synonyms include genus Heterocephalus. 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 heterocephalus a common word?

heterocephalus 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.