Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sphenodontid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sphen-odon-tid
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the order Sphenodontida or of the Sphenodontidae, the only family in the order with living species (tuataras in the genus Sphenodon).

Inflected Forms

sphenodontids (plural)

Synonyms

sphenodont

Questions

What does sphenodontid mean?: Any member of the order Sphenodontida or of the Sphenodontidae, the only family in the order with living species (tuataras in the genus Sphenodon).

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