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basilosaurus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
basilosaurus
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species of several huge extinct cetaceans belonging to the genus †Basilosaurus, of the family †Basilosauridae, from the late Eocene, with two species B. isis (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and B. cetoides (found in the southern and eastern US).

Inflected Forms

basilosauruses (plural)

Questions

What does basilosaurus mean?
Any species of several huge extinct cetaceans belonging to the genus †Basilosaurus, of the family †Basilosauridae, from the late Eocene, with two species B. isis (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and B. cetoides (found in the southern and eastern US).

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