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lycaon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
ly-caon
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn, “Lycaon”) the mythological king of Arcadia who was transformed into a wolf by Zeus, λυκάων (lukáōn, “wolves”), from λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Λυκάων

Inflected Forms

lycaons (plural)

Questions

What does lycaon mean?
An eastern wolf or Algonquin wolf of Canis lycaon or subspecies Canis lupus lycaon.
Where does lycaon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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