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Word Formation Analysis - Crocs
Word Formation Analysis - Crocs
Part 1
Meaning Relations
-by Anson Lou
Avemetatarsalia 2
(meaning "bird metatarsals)
Crocodilians
pterosaurs
Dinosaurs
alligator
crocodile
caiman
gharial
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Ankylosaurus Spinosaurus Styracosaurus
Reptiles
Simosuchus
Desmatosuchus
Protosuchus
Sarcosuchus
- saurs (Anglicized forms of Latin taxonomic names) - saurus (Latinized variant of -saur )
Avemetatarsalia
(meaning "bird metatarsals)
Crocodilians
pterosaurs
alligator
caiman
crocodile
gharial
Dinosaurs
Evolution of Crocodiles
Ancestors (the actual or hypothetical form from which an organism has developed or descended) Erpetosuchus Doswellia
Antonym
Deinosuchus Protosuchus
Descendants
Crocodiles Diet
Hypernym Herbivore
Herb (R) + I DS) + vore (DS) one that eats plant
Hypernym Carnivore
Carn (R) + I (DS) + vore (DS) one that eats flesh
Simosuchus
Desmatosuchus
Hyponym
Habitat
Freshwater
Swamps
Marshes
Hyponym
Meaning Relations
Connotation
Crocodile management isnt a rocket science (hard / difficult) Crocodile ancestors radiated (developed) into a wide array of terrestrial forms. Having endured millions of years of planetary climate change, tectonic-plate musical chairs (rearrangement) and other ecological vicissitudes
Meaning Relations
Antonyms
Contradictory antonyms
predators (prey) descendants (ancestor) freshwater (saltwater) cold-blooded (warm-blooded) short-legged (long-legged)
Endangered (En (DP) + danger (R) + ed (DS) adjective complex) Neighborhood (Neighbour(R) + hood(n., DS)adjective complex) Subtropical (Sub (DP) + tropic (R) + al (DS) adjective complex)
latter-day (latter (adj) + day (n) adjective hyphenated compound, endocentric in meaning)
Saltwater (salt (n) + water (n) endocentric noun compound, means seawater ) Freshwater (fresh (n/adj) + water (n) endocentric noun compound, means drinking water)
- They face (n v) a new challenge to their survival - Many were killed by poachers for their hides (v n) - stuffed (n v) for museum displays
Many croc species survived the massive K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary) extinction 65 million years ago.
Conclusions