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allosaurus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
al-losaurus
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other, different”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

allosauri (plural) allosauruses (plural)

Synonyms

allosaur

Questions

What does allosaurus mean?
A large, carnivorous dinosaur, of genus Allosaurus, that lived in the Jurassic period.
Where does allosaurus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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