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afrothere

afrothere noun: an afrotherian.

Noun

afrothere (plural afrotheres)

  1. An afrotherian.
    • Golden moles and tenrecs seem to be related to each other, and most modern authorities place them within the afrotheres.2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Mariner Books, page 222
    • In the absence of a comprehensive fossil record for stem members of crown Afrotheria, most high-level phylogenetic analyses have been based primarily on the morphology of extant afrotheres[…].2007, Rodolphe Tabuce et al., “Early Tertiary Mammals from North Africa Reinforce the Molecular Afrotheria Clade”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, volume 274, page 1159

Forms of afrothere

pluralafrotheres

Origin of afrothere

From Afrotheria, from Afro- + Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

Questions about afrothere

What does afrothere mean?
Afrothere means an afrotherian.
What part of speech is afrothere?
Afrothere is a noun.
What is the plural of afrothere?
The plural of afrothere is afrotheres.

Words near afrothere in the dictionary

  1. afrosoricids
  2. Afrosphere
  3. afrotarsiid
  4. afrotarsiids
  5. afroth
  6. afrothere
  7. afrotheres
  8. afrotherian
  9. afrotherians
  10. Afrotropic
  11. Afrotropical

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