Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sauropterygian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sauroptery-gian
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reptile of the extinct superorder Sauropterygia.

Example Sentences

"The sauropterygians had streamlined bodies and their limbs were more or less modified to function as paddles or flippers."

Etymology

From translingual Sauropterygia + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Root: Sauropterygia
Suffix: ian

Inflected Forms

sauropterygians (plural)

Questions

What does sauropterygian mean?: A reptile of the extinct superorder Sauropterygia.
Where does sauropterygian come from?: From translingual Sauropterygia + -ian.

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