Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saurischian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
saurischi-an
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any dinosaur of the order Saurischia.

adj

Characteristic of the dinosaurs of the order Saurischia.

Etymology

From Translingual Saurischia + English -an.

Inflected Forms

saurischians (plural) more saurischian (comparative) most saurischian (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does saurischian mean?
Any dinosaur of the order Saurischia.
Where does saurischian come from?
From Translingual Saurischia + English -an.

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