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: la-go-morph. The stress falls on "la".

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.