Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spinosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spinosaur
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any theropod dinosaur of the genus †Spinosaurus.

Example Sentences

"Since then, all that has been discovered are some specimens of related smaller spinosaurs, as well as some isolated bones of Spinosaurus itself."

Etymology

From the taxonomic name Spinosaurus. By surface analysis, spino- + -saur.

Word Breakdown

Root: Spinosaurus

Inflected Forms

spinosaurs (plural)

Synonyms

spinosaurus

Questions

What does spinosaur mean?: Any theropod dinosaur of the genus †Spinosaurus.
Where does spinosaur come from?: From the taxonomic name Spinosaurus. By surface analysis, spino- + -saur.

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