archosaurian

1. 1.

   extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts

   Synonymsarchosaurarchosaurian reptile

   Broaderdiapsid

   Narrowerdinosaurpterosaurthecodontichthyosaurplesiosaurnothosaur

   Part ofArchosauria

1. 1.

   of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria

Other forms of archosaurian

plural

archosaurians·

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 archosaurian

What does archosaurian mean?

archosaurian means "extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in archosaurian?

archosaurian has 5 syllables: ar-cho-sa-u-rian. The stress falls on "u".

What is another word for archosaurian?

Close synonyms include archosaur, archosaurian 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.

Is archosaurian a common word?

archosaurian 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.