saurognathous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + -gnathous.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: gnathous