Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-o-saurus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: -o-saurus
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Forms names for real or imaginary dinosaurs; see -saurus.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Finally, I got on a Subwaysaurus and took a seat [...] Then I looked for my ticket, a piece of ear that the ticket-o-saurus had nibbled on when I came in, to prove that I had paid."
"“Nice job, superfreak,” Garwin Chang—a boy wearing a T-shirt that said BACK OFF! I’M GONNA FART—sneered as he shoved past her to join their classmates. “Maybe they'll write another article about you. ‘Child Prodigy Teaches Class About the -o-saurus.”"

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

-o-sauruses (plural) -a-saurus (alternative)

Questions

What does -o-saurus mean?: Forms names for real or imaginary dinosaurs; see -saurus.

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