“When Crocs Rule”(Crocs - “Clipped” form of “Crocodile”)
- by National Geographic Magazine
“When Crocs Rule”(Crocs - “Clipped” form of “Crocodile”)
- by National Geographic Magazine
Part 1
Meaning RelationsMeaning Relations
-by Anson Lou
Part 1
Meaning RelationsMeaning Relations
-by Anson Lou
Pedigree (Family Tree)
Crocodile (R) + ian (DS) + s(IS) Crocodilians (Crocs like)
- suchus ([SEW-kəs] ) (suffix??)
Archosaur (Archo (R) + saur(DS) (meaning) Ruling + Reptiles)
Crocodilians
Simosuchus Desmatosuchus
SarcosuchusProtosuchus
alligator crocodile caiman gharial
Avemetatarsalia (meaning "bird metatarsals)
pterosaurs Dinosaurs
Ankylosaurus Spinosaurus
Styracosaurus
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- saurs (Anglicized forms of Latin taxonomic names)- saurus (Latinized variant of -saur )
Reptiles
pterosaurs
Dinosaurs
Avemetatarsalia (meaning "bird metatarsals)
caimanalligator
crocodile gharial
Crocodilians
Pedigree (Family Tree)22
Ancestors (the actual or hypothetical form from which an organism has developed or descended)
Descendants
Antonym
Evolution of Crocodiles
Protosuchus
Deinosuchus
Erpetosuchus Doswellia
Crocodiles’ Diet
Protosuchus Sarcosuchus Stomatosuchus
HerbivoreHerb (R) + I DS) + vore (DS)
one that eats plant
CarnivoreCarn (R) + I (DS) + vore (DS)
one that eats flesh
Simosuchus Desmatosuchus
Hypernym
Hyponym
Hypernym
Crocodiles’ Habitat
(Syn. Residence)
Swamps MarshesFreshwater
Habitat
Hypernym
Hyponym
Part 2
Semantic & Lexicological Semantic & Lexicological AnalysisAnalysis
by June Hui
- Crocodile management isn’t 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
Connotation
Meaning Relations
Antonyms
Contradictory antonyms
- predators (prey) - descendants (ancestor) - freshwater (saltwater) - cold-blooded (warm-blooded) - short-legged (long-legged)
Meaning Relations
Word formation analysis
- Relocation(Re (DP) + locate (R) + tion (DS) noun complex)
- Allegedly(Allege (R) + ed (IS) + ly (DS) adverb complex)
- Threatened(Threat (R) + en (DS) + ed (IS) adjective / verb complex)
Complex word (1)
- 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)
- Ecological(Ecology (R) + ical (DS) adjective complex)
Word formation analysis
Complex word (2)
- Upscale (Up (adj) +scale (n) adjective compound)
- Fearsome(Fear (adj) + some (DS) complex word/ adjective
compound?)
- latter-day(latter (adj) + day (n) adjective hyphenated compound, endocentric in meaning)
Word formation analysis
Compound word
- Snaggletoothed(snaggle (adj) + tooth (n) + ed (DS) adjective
compound-complex)
- tectonic-plate(tecton (n) + ic (DS) + plate (n) hyphenated noun compound-complex)
- yacht-lined(yatch (n) + line (n) + ed (DS) hyphenated adjective compound-complex)
Word formation analysis
Compound-complex word
- Saltwater (salt (n) + water (n) endocentric noun compound, means seawater )
- Freshwater(fresh (n/adj) + water (n) endocentric noun compound, means drinking water)
Endocentric
Word formation analysis
Conversion
- “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”
Word formation analysis
Abbreviations
“Many croc species survived the massive K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary)
extinction 65 million years ago.”
Word formation analysis
Conclusions
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