Moss Spelling Dictionary

annthoceros, put right

heard as annthoceros

spelled anthoceros

Anthoceros. One n.

What the ear did

The first syllable is short and closed, and English writes that shape with a double consonant in words like cannon and annual. The Greek anthos does not, and neither does the hornwort.

Sound decision: a doubled consonant under the stress. Said an-THOSS-er-oss.

A-N-T-H-O-C-E-R-O-S

The full entry for anthoceros covers the name itself.

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