Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

streptospondylous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: strep-tospondy-lous
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having vertebral articulations reversed (as in the genus Streptospondylus in infraorder Tetanurae)

Example Sentences

"Zygospondylous articulations, with a well-defined distal condyle, occur in the majority of families; in others streptospondylous articulations appear."

Questions

What does streptospondylous mean?: Having vertebral articulations reversed (as in the genus Streptospondylus in infraorder Tetanurae)

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