Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mesosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mesosaur
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of small aquatic reptiles, from the early Permian period, of the order †Mesosauria.

Etymology

From meso- + -saur.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: meso
Suffix: saur

Inflected Forms

mesosaurs (plural)

Questions

What does mesosaur mean?: Any of a group of small aquatic reptiles, from the early Permian period, of the order †Mesosauria.
Where does mesosaur come from?: From meso- + -saur.

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