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liopleurodon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
li-o-pleu-rodon
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus †Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.

Etymology

From the genus name (from Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos) + pleuro- + -odon).

Inflected Forms

liopleurodons (plural)

Questions

What does liopleurodon mean?
Any of the genus †Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
Where does liopleurodon come from?
From the genus name (from Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos) + pleuro- + -odon).

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