archosauria

Questions about archosauria

What does archosauria mean?

archosauria means "a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts".

How many syllables are in archosauria?

archosauria has 5 syllables and divides as ar-cho-sa-u-ria under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for archosauria?

Close synonyms include subclass Archosauria. 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.

Is archosauria a common word?

archosauria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.