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create a creature

Student Handout

additional greek and latin word parts


a — on, in, at; plural; without carn — flesh ence — state of
acantho — spiny carni — meat ennial — yearly
acro — high caud — tail epi — upon, over
acu — sharp cele — swell escent — growing
ae — plural celer — swift esia — act, state of
aero — air centi — one hundred eu — well, good
allo — different, other, strange cephale — head euoplo — well-armed
alpha — first ceptor — receiver exo — outside
alti — high cerat — horned extra — outside of
ambul — walk chasm — ravine, canyon faun — animal
amphi — around chord — string fic — make
ampli — large cide — killer fid — split
an — not circum — around fiss — split
anato — duck cle — small flora — plant
ane — denoting clude — close foli — leaf
anim — breath coel — hollow form — form of
ankylo — fused con — with, together fy — to make
ante — before contra — opposite gallo — rooster
anti — against corpus — body gel — stiffen
apato — deceptive cory — helmet gen — original
aqua — water cosm — universe geny — origin
archae — ancient crypt — hidden geo — earth
arium — used for cycl — circle gerous — bearing
ary — used for cyto — hollow gnathus — jaw
asis — unhealthy dactyl — finger, toe gracile — slender-bodied
aster — star dec — ten graph — drawing
ate — like, possessing deca — ten gravi — heavy
audi — hear deino — terrible gryp — curved
auri — ear derma — skin gymno — naked
aurus — lizard di — two gyr — rotate
avi — bird dia — across heli — sun
bar(o) — heavy din(o) — terrible hemi — half
bi — two diplo — double hemo — blood
bola — throw dors — back herb — plant
brachio — arm duce — to lead heter — different, other
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brevi — short dupl — two hippo — horse


bronto — thunder dyma — putting on, off holo — whole
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caco — bad dynam — power homo — same


camara — chambered dys — bad hyal — clear
cantho — spine dysis — putting on, off hydra — water
cardio — heart ella — small hyper — over, above

National Geographic’s Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure • nationalgeographic.com/seamonsters/educators


create a creature
Student Handout

additional greek and latin word parts


hypo — under, below mim — copy ous — pertaining to
i — plural mimus — mimic over — above
ia — pertaining to mono — single ovi — egg
ic — having morph — form pachy — thick
icthy — fish multi — many pan — all
id — having mut — change papr — ward off
idium — small mycin — fungi par — beside
in — in, into myo — mouselike para — near
ina — subclass myria — many pater — father
ine — pertaining to mytho — legend pect — thick
infra — below nano — small ped — foot, child
inter — between nect — swim pel — drive
intra — within neo — new pelt — shield
intro — go into noct — night pend — hang
ite — belonging to nod — knot pene — almost
itis — inflamation nome — name penia — lack of
ject — to throw non — not penta — five
kilo — thousand nonus — nine per — for each
lapse — to slip noto — back peri — around
lat — wide nov — new phac — lens
later — side nycho — claw phago — to eat
lepto — small nychus — claw phan — visible
lipse — leave oct — eight phen — appearance of
lite — minerals ode — of nature, of phil — loving
luc — light oden — tooth phob — fearsome
lun — moon odon — tooth phon — sound
lysis — loosening off — from phore — bears
lyte — loosening oid — form of phores — carries
ma — act of ole — small phot — light
macro — large olig — few phren — the mind
magni — great oma — tumor physic — natural
maia — good mother omni — all physis — form, growth
mani — hand onto — being phyto — plant
mari — sea onyx — claw pico — million
me — act of ops — face plas — form, mold
Educators may reproduce these materials for students.

med — middle opter — wing plate — flat


meg — large orith — bird plex — network
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mes — middle ornith — bird plexy — paralysis


meta — with, after ortho — straight plo — armored
micro — small oscill — swing ploid — division of
milli — thousand ose — full of plur — more

National Geographic’s Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure • nationalgeographic.com/seamonsters/educators


create a creature
Student Handout

additional greek and latin word parts


pod — foot scler — hard tele — distance, far off
poeia — making scope — examine tend — stretch
polar — axis se — apart terr — earth
poly — many sect — cutting therm — heat
ponic — toil sed — sit thetic — setting down
post — after seism — earthquake tom — cut
pre — before semi — half top — face; head; place
prim — first sens — feel tort — twist
pro — first, in front sept — seven tract — draw
pros — toward sex — six trans — over, around
prot — first sinu — curve trauma — wound
proter — before sis — act, state of tri — three
pseud — false siss — stand troo — wounded
psil — bare sist — set, stand trop — turning
psych — mind sol — sun troph — food
pter — wing solu — spread out trude — push
pus — foot solut — loosen tum — swell
pyro — fire somn — sleep turb — disorder
quadri — four sperm — seed tyrann — tyrant
quasi — as if spher — ball ula — small
quint — five spine — spiny ule — small
rad — ray spir — breath ultra — beyond
radic — root stasis — standing um — plural
raptor — thief stat — state un — not
ras — scrape steg — plated; roofed undul — wavy
re — back again stell — star urg — work
rect — straight steno — narrow us — masculine singular
retro — backward stom — opening vacu — void
rex — king stomy — opening vari — various
rhage — breaking strat — spread out veloci — fast
rhaphy — sewing up strate — spread out vent — wind
rheo — flow stroph — turning ventr — belly
rhexis — breaking styra — spiked vers — to turn
robust — strong sub — under vibr — to shake
rod — wear away super — over, above vit — life
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rot — turn syn — with volv — turn


rupt — break sys — with vor — eating
© 2007 National Geographic Society

s — plural tach — swift vore — eating


salto — jump taurus — bull xeno — strange
san — health tauto — same y — act, state of
saur — lizard tect — cover zoo — animal
sciss — cut
National Geographic’s Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure • nationalgeographic.com/seamonsters/educators

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