saurus
Dinosaur name ending
Saurus is a combining form meaning lizard, from Greek.
It appears at the end of dinosaur names: Tyrannosaurus, Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus.
The element also forms thesaurus, literally a treasury or storehouse, unrelated to reptiles despite the spelling.
Four-legged scaled reptile
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
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Tall sauropod genus
- MegalosaurusPioneering dinosaur genus description
- VelociraptorFast predatory dinosaur genus
- PlesiosaurusMesozoic marine reptile genus
- SpinosaurusSail-spined Cretaceous theropod
fossil · Jurassic · Cretaceous · reptile · prehistoric · extinction · paleontology · skeleton
Thesaurus originator
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- antonymWord with contrary meaning
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lizard
Four-legged scaled reptile
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
nomenclature · scientific · classification · genus · species · binomial · zoology · etymology · Latin · archosaur
Brachiosaurus
Tall sauropod genus
- MegalosaurusPioneering dinosaur genus description
- VelociraptorFast predatory dinosaur genus
- PlesiosaurusMesozoic marine reptile genus
Spinosaurus · fossil · Jurassic · Cretaceous · reptile · prehistoric · extinction · paleontology · skeleton · carnivore
Roget
Thesaurus originator
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