raphicerus

Questions about raphicerus

What does raphicerus mean?

raphicerus means "African antelopes: steenboks".

How many syllables are in raphicerus?

raphicerus has 4 syllables and divides as ra-phi-ce-rus 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 raphicerus?

Close synonyms include genus Raphicerus. 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 raphicerus a common word?

raphicerus 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.