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ankylosaurid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
anky-losaurid
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the family Ankylosauridae, ankylosaurians with clublike tails.

Etymology

From taxonomic name Ankylosauridae, from Ankylosaurus + New Latin -idae (“-id, related to”), from Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs, “-son, son of”). Equivalent to ankylosaur + -id.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ankylosaurids (plural)

Questions

What does ankylosaurid mean?
Any member of the family Ankylosauridae, ankylosaurians with clublike tails.
Where does ankylosaurid come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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