Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nodosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: no-dosaur
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of nodosaurus, Nodosaurus textilis, an ankylosaurian dinosaur of the Cretaceous period lacking a clublike tail.

noun

Synonym of nodosaurid, any member of the family †Nodosauridae.

Example Sentences

"Nodosaurs are ankylosaurid dinosaurs: armoured herbivorous reptiles that look like the love-child of a rhino and an army tank."

Etymology

Clipping of nodosaurus, from translingual Nodosaurus, from New Latin, from Latin nodosus (“knobby, knotted”) + -saurus, equivalent to nodo- + -saur.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: nodo-
Root: Nodosaurus, -, nodosus
Suffix: -saur

Inflected Forms

nodosaurs (plural)

Synonyms

nodosaurus Nodosaurus textilis nodosaurid any member of the family †Nodosauridae

Questions

What does nodosaur mean?: Synonym of nodosaurus, Nodosaurus textilis, an ankylosaurian dinosaur of the Cretaceous period lacking a clublike tail.
Where does nodosaur come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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