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amphicyonid

amphicyonid noun: any member of the family †Amphicyonidae of extinct carnivorans; a beardog.

Noun

amphicyonid (plural amphicyonids)

  1. Any member of the family †Amphicyonidae of extinct carnivorans; a beardog.
    • Although now extinct, for over 30 million years amphicyonids predated their way around the Northern continents and Africa, successfully exploiting niches from more slender, wolf-like runners, to big stocky brutes that put the “bear” in “bear-dog”.2016 November 26, Elsa Panciroli, “Rifling through the 'wastebaskets' of palaeontology reveals surprises”, in The Guardian

Forms of amphicyonid

pluralamphicyonids

Questions about amphicyonid

What does amphicyonid mean?
Amphicyonid means any member of the family †Amphicyonidae of extinct carnivorans; a beardog.
What part of speech is amphicyonid?
Amphicyonid is a noun.
What is the plural of amphicyonid?
The plural of amphicyonid is amphicyonids.

Words near amphicyonid in the dictionary

  1. amphictyon
  2. amphictyonic
  3. amphictyonies
  4. amphictyons
  5. amphictyony
  6. amphicyonid
  7. amphicyonids
  8. amphid
  9. amphid salt
  10. amphid salts
  11. amphidal

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