Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paravian

/pəˈɹeɪviən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-a-vian
IPA: /pəˈɹeɪviən/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any birdlike dinosaur of the clade Paraves, dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to oviraptorosaurs.

Example Sentences

"We note that the difference forelimb:hindlimb ratio is within the range of intraspecific variation in two paravian taxa known from multiple specimens, Microraptor 17 and Archaeopteryx 19 20, and is therefore not likely to be a clearly distinguishing feature between Tianyuraptor and Zhanyuanlong ."

Etymology

Paraves + -ian

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ian

Inflected Forms

paravians (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce paravian?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɹeɪviən/.
What does paravian mean?: Any birdlike dinosaur of the clade Paraves, dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to oviraptorosaurs.
Where does paravian come from?: Paraves + -ian

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