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hadrosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
hadrosaur
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “strong”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

Inflected Forms

hadrosaurs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hadrosaurian hadrosaurine hadrosauroid

Synonyms

duckbill duck-billed dinosaur hadrosaurid hadrosaurus

Questions

What does hadrosaur mean?
Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
Where does hadrosaur come from?
Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “strong”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

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