ornithomimus
/oɹˌnɪ.θoʊˈmaɪ.məs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any relatively small theropod dinosaur of the genus †Ornithomimus, the first genus of the ornithomimids to be described.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Ornithomimus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) + Latin mīmus (“mimic”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /oɹˌnɪ.θoʊˈmaɪ.məs/
Inflected Forms
ornithomimuses (plural)