anapsid

Other forms of anapsid

plural

anapsids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about anapsid

What does anapsid mean?

anapsid means "primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles".

How many syllables are in anapsid?

anapsid has 3 syllables: a-nap-sid. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for anapsid?

Close synonyms include anapsid reptile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of anapsid?

The recorded antonyms are diapsid.

Is anapsid a common word?

anapsid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.