theropod

Other forms of theropod

plural

theropods·

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 theropod

What does theropod mean?

theropod means "any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs".

How many syllables are in theropod?

theropod has 3 syllables: the-ro-pod. The stress falls on "the".

What is another word for theropod?

Close synonyms include theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur. 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 theropod a common word?

theropod 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.