pantotheria

Questions about pantotheria

What does pantotheria mean?

pantotheria means "generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic; commonly conceded to be ancestral to marsupial and placental mammals".

How many syllables are in pantotheria?

pantotheria has 5 syllables and divides as pan-to-the-ri-a 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 pantotheria?

Close synonyms include subclass Pantotheria. 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 pantotheria a common word?

pantotheria 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.