raphus

Questions about raphus

What does raphus mean?

raphus means "type genus of the Raphidae: dodos".

How many syllables are in raphus?

raphus has 2 syllables and divides as ra-phus 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 raphus?

Close synonyms include genus Raphus. 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 raphus a common word?

raphus 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.