masticophis

Questions about masticophis

What does masticophis mean?

masticophis means "whip snakes".

How many syllables are in masticophis?

masticophis has 4 syllables and divides as ma-sti-co-phis 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 masticophis?

Close synonyms include genus Masticophis. 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 masticophis a common word?

masticophis 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.