Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sinornithosaurus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sinor-nithosaurus
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small, carnivorous, dromaeosaurid dinosaur which belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae of subfamily Microraptorinae.

noun

A genus of feathered dromaeosaurid dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous which originates in what is now China.

Example Sentences

"A large promaxillary fenestra is also seen in other Liaoning dromaeosaurids such as Sinornithosaurus 21 and Tianyuraptor 15, but it is much smaller in most other dromaeosaurids, such as Velociraptor 26 and Tsaagan 27 ."
"Sinornithosaurus was an early member of the dromaeosaur family. [...] Sinornithosaurus means "Chinese bird lizard," but this species wasn't a true bird, since it was probably too heavy to fly, although like other dromaeosaurs it might have evolved from a flying ancestor."
"We believe the first lice lived on feathered dinosaurs about 125 million years ago. [Image] Sinornithosaurus (Cretaceous Period)"

Etymology

Translated as "Chinese bird-lizard", from Neo-Latin or Latin "Sīna", "China" + Greek "ὄρνις", "bird" + "σαῦρος", "lizard".

Inflected Forms

Sinornithosauruses (plural)

Synonyms

dromaeosaurid Dromaeosaurus Microraptoriae theropod saurischian dinosaur Theropoda Saurischia Dinosauria

Questions

What does sinornithosaurus mean?: A small, carnivorous, dromaeosaurid dinosaur which belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae of subfamily Microraptorinae.
Where does sinornithosaurus come from?: Translated as "Chinese bird-lizard", from Neo-Latin or Latin "Sīna", "China" + Greek "ὄρνις", "bird" + "σαῦρος", "lizard".

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