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archosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ar-chosaur
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reptile of the taxon Archosauria, which includes modern crocodilians and birds, as well as the extinct pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs and other taxa.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From taxonomic name Archosauria (“taxonomic division of extinct reptiles”), from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “leader”) + σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Archosauria, ἄρχων

Inflected Forms

archosaurs (plural)

Synonyms

archosaur archosaurian archosaurian reptile

Questions

What does archosaur mean?
A reptile of the taxon Archosauria, which includes modern crocodilians and birds, as well as the extinct pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs and other taxa.
Where does archosaur come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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