Moss Spelling Dictionary

How many r's are in the name?

heard as anthocerros

spelled anthoceros

One. anthocerros gives up a letter and becomes Anthoceros.

What the ear did

The stress lands just before it, on THOSS, and English likes to double a consonant after a stressed short vowel. Greek keras has a single r and so does the genus built on it.

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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