lichanura

Questions about lichanura

What does lichanura mean?

lichanura means "boas of western North America".

How many syllables are in lichanura?

lichanura has 4 syllables and divides as li-cha-nu-ra 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 lichanura?

Close synonyms include genus Lichanura. 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 lichanura a common word?

lichanura 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.