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afrotherians

afrotherians is the plural of afrotherian.

Meaning of afrotherian

Noun

afrotherian (plural afrotherians)

  1. A placental that belongs to the superorder Afrotheria, such as an elephant, aardvark, golden mole, tenrec, etc.
    • As their name implies, afrotherians putatively represent a radiation of placentals rooted in the African continent and nearby island of Madagascar.2001, Michael J. Novacek, “Mammalian Phylogeny: Genes and Supertrees”, in Current Biology, volume 11, page R573
    Synonyms:
    afrothere

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Questions about afrotherians

What is afrotherians the plural of?
Afrotherians is the plural of afrotherian.

Words near afrotherians in the dictionary

  1. afrotarsiids
  2. afroth
  3. afrothere
  4. afrotheres
  5. afrotherian
  6. afrotherians
  7. Afrotropic
  8. Afrotropical
  9. Afrotropics
  10. afrown
  11. AFRP

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