lepus

Questions about lepus

What does lepus mean?

lepus means "a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lepus?

lepus has 2 syllables and divides as le-pus 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 lepus?

Close synonyms include genus Lepus. 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 lepus a common word?

lepus 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.