Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lambeosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lam-beosaur
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

Example Sentences

"Bipedal hadrosaurs, great hulking lambeosaurs, certain rhino-like ceratopsians and relatives of the velociraptors - all large and probably able swimmers - had the greatest success."

Etymology

From translingual Lambeosaurus, from Lambe + -saurus, named for Lawrence Lambe.

Word Breakdown

Root: Lambeosaurus

Inflected Forms

lambeosaurs (plural)

Synonyms

lambeosaurine lambeosaurid

Questions

What does lambeosaur mean?: A crested duck-billed dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
Where does lambeosaur come from?: From translingual Lambeosaurus, from Lambe + -saurus, named for Lawrence Lambe.

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