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saurophagous
Nov. 6th, 2024 07:35 amsaurophagous (SAW-rah-fuh-guhs) - adj., lizard-eating.
Sometimes also used for eating reptiles in general, by which you can tell this oddly specific word actually does get used. That pronunciation is per the dictionary I found that had one, but for the life of me I really want to stress the second syllable instead. The stem is from Ancient Greek saûros, lizard -- which is as good a time as any to remind you that dinosaur literally means thunder-lizard.
---L.
Sometimes also used for eating reptiles in general, by which you can tell this oddly specific word actually does get used. That pronunciation is per the dictionary I found that had one, but for the life of me I really want to stress the second syllable instead. The stem is from Ancient Greek saûros, lizard -- which is as good a time as any to remind you that dinosaur literally means thunder-lizard.
---L.
