词根词缀:sauro-, saur-, -saurus, -saurid, -saur,-sauria, -saurian
【来源及含义】Greek: lizard, reptile, serpent; used especially with reference to "dinosaurs"
【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "snakes or other reptiles": angui-; coluber-; herpeto-; ophio-; reptil-.
【同源单词】Aachenosaurus, Abelisaurus, Abrictosaurus, Achelousaurus, Acompsosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus
词根词缀:tars-, tarso-
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: ankle, tarsal plate of the eyelid; from Greek tarsos, frame of wickerwork; broad, flat surface, as also in tarsos podos, the flat of the foot, instep of the foot; the edge of the eyelid
【同源单词】blepharorrhaphy, digitometatarsal, ectrometatarsia, entometatarse, longitarsal, metatarsal
词根词缀:xeno-, xen-, -xenic, -xenism, -xenist, -xenous, -xeny
【来源及含义】Greek: foreign, foreigner; alien; different; extraneous; strange, stranger; and by extension, guest
【相关描述】The "x" in xeno- is pronounced "z"; "zeno". Greeks are said to have considered any stranger a "guest" and modern Greek includes xenodocheion a "guest house" or "house for guests" or its modern version of "hotel".
The etymological meaning usually denotes some aspect of a relationship involving guests or visitors of some kind.
【相关词根词缀】 Related "foreign, strange" word families: allotrio-; barbar-.