maniraptor

Other forms of maniraptor

plural

maniraptors·

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 maniraptor

What does maniraptor mean?

maniraptor means "advanced carnivorous theropod".

How many syllables are in maniraptor?

maniraptor has 4 syllables and divides as ma-ni-rap-tor 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.

Is maniraptor a common word?

maniraptor 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.