Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stegocephalian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ste-go-cephalian
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.

Example Sentences

"Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves."

Etymology

From Stegocephalia + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Stegocephalia

Inflected Forms

stegocephalians (plural)

Questions

What does stegocephalian mean?: Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.
Where does stegocephalian come from?: From Stegocephalia + -an.

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