lagomorph

Other forms of lagomorph

plural

lagomorphs·

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 lagomorph

What does lagomorph mean?

lagomorph means "relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing".

How many syllables are in lagomorph?

lagomorph has 3 syllables and divides as la-go-morph 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 lagomorph?

Close synonyms include gnawing mammal. 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 lagomorph a common word?

lagomorph 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.