sphenodon
noun
sphenodon is a noun meaning “The tuatara” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-P-H-E-N-O-D-O-N, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of sphenodon is sphenodons.
What does sphenodon mean?
noun
- 1
The tuatara.
- 2
Any of the other extinct reptiles of the Sphenodontidae family.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sphenodon
- sphenodons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is sphenodon?
Sphenodon appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does sphenodon come from?
From the genus name Sphenodon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).