Moss Spelling Dictionary

antheceros: which vowel joins the two halves?

heard as antheceros

spelled anthoceros

It is an o: Anthoceros.

What the ear did

Writing e for the linking vowel is common because English uses e for almost every neutral vowel. Greek compounds use o, without exception, whatever the ear reports.

Sound decision: an unstressed vowel blurring. Said an-THOSS-er-oss.

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

The full entry for anthoceros covers the name itself.

Other spellings people try