Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basilosaur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
basilosaur
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the †Basilosaurus genus of extinct whales.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does basilosaur mean?
Any member of the †Basilosaurus genus of extinct whales.

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