Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cynocephalus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: cyno-cephalus
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and the body of a human.

noun

A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and the body of a nonhuman ape.

Etymology

From Latin cynocephalus; by surface analysis, cyno- + translingual -cephalus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cynocephalus

Inflected Forms

cynocephali (plural)

Synonyms

doghead Aani

Questions

What does cynocephalus mean?: A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and the body of a human.
Where does cynocephalus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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