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dinosauria

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
di-nosauria
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large “bird tracks,” so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus , also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

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What does dinosauria mean?
An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large “bird tracks,” so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus , also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

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