Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tasmantis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tas-man-tis
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Example Sentences

"Our results support the hypothesis that skinks colonized Tasmantis by over-water dispersal initially to New Caledonia, then to Lord Howe Island, and finally to New Zealand."

Etymology

Likely from Tasman, with a suffix rebracketed from Atlantic or even Atlantis; coined in 1919 by geologists Carl Süssmilch and Edgeworth David

Questions

What does tasmantis mean?: Zealandia.
Where does tasmantis come from?: Likely from Tasman, with a suffix rebracketed from Atlantic or even Atlantis; coined in 1919 by geologists Carl Süssmilch and Edgeworth David

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