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saurophilia

/sɔː.ɹoʊˈfɪ.li.ə/

saurophilia noun: adaptation to pollination by reptiles.

Noun

saurophilia (uncountable)

  1. Adaptation to pollination by reptiles

Origin of saurophilia

From sauro- + -philia.

Questions about saurophilia

What does saurophilia mean?
Saurophilia means adaptation to pollination by reptiles.
What part of speech is saurophilia?
Saurophilia is a noun.
How do you pronounce saurophilia?
Saurophilia is pronounced /sɔː.ɹoʊˈfɪ.li.ə/.

Words near saurophilia in the dictionary

  1. Sauromatic
  2. Sauron
  3. Sauronesque
  4. Saurons
  5. saurophagous
  6. saurophilia
  7. sauropod
  8. sauropodian
  9. sauropodlike
  10. sauropodomorph
  11. sauropodomorphan

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