Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mosasaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: mosasaur
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large extinct marine reptile in the family †Mosasauridae, dominant marine predator of the Cretaceous. Mosasaurs are considered to belong to Squamata, the same group that includes lizards and snakes.

Example Sentences

"What I find deeply disturbing, however, is that Mr. Ross could believe that the earth was created 10,000 years ago, but nevertheless write in his dissertation that mosasaurs, or marine reptiles, existed more than 65 million years ago."
"Mosasaurs could reach lengths of up to 17m and lived mainly in offshore waters of the Late Cretaceous."

Etymology

From scientific Latin Mosasaurus (genus name).

Inflected Forms

mosasaurs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mosasaurian mosasaurid mosasaurine mosasauroid Mosasauridae

Questions

What does mosasaur mean?: A large extinct marine reptile in the family †Mosasauridae, dominant marine predator of the Cretaceous. Mosasaurs are considered to belong to Squamata, the same group that includes lizards and snakes.
Where does mosasaur come from?: From scientific Latin Mosasaurus (genus name).

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