thecodont

Questions about thecodont

What does thecodont mean?

thecodont means "presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds".

How many syllables are in thecodont?

thecodont has 3 syllables and divides as the-co-dont 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 thecodont?

Close synonyms include thecodont 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 thecodont a common word?

thecodont 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.