Etymology

therian

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the taxonomic subclass Theria. Full definition →

Ancient Greek θηρίον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθηρίον“wild beast”
  2. English todaytherian

From translingual Theria + -ian. From Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”).

Words from the same roots

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