Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

megasauropod

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: megasauro-pod
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any exceptionally large sauropod dinosaur.

Example Sentences

"Coria admits there are still too few specimens to make a firm case for his theory, but that may not last for long. Just a few months after my visit he unearthed three new giant-predator specimens, at 90 million years old likely tormentors of the megasauropod Argentinosaurus."
"Certainly the portrayal of Morrison megalosaurids as specialized megasauropod killers is falsified by the shed teeth at Como."
"In this video, we'll talk about the biggest of the big, the titans of the titans, the megasauropods."

Etymology

From mega- (“large”) + sauropod.

Inflected Forms

megasauropods (plural) mega-sauropod (alternative)

Questions

What does megasauropod mean?: Any exceptionally large sauropod dinosaur.
Where does megasauropod come from?: From mega- (“large”) + sauropod.

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