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apterodontine

apterodontine noun: any member of the Apterodontinae.

Noun

apterodontine (plural apterodontines)

  1. Any member of the Apterodontinae.
    • We can also note that apterodontines and hyainailourines often display more than two mental foramina, while hyaenodontids very rarely display more than two, and have a weak ventral concavity anterior to the angular process.2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of apterodontine

pluralapterodontines

Questions about apterodontine

What does apterodontine mean?
Apterodontine means any member of the Apterodontinae.
What part of speech is apterodontine?
Apterodontine is a noun.
What is the plural of apterodontine?
The plural of apterodontine is apterodontines.

Words near apterodontine in the dictionary

  1. apterin
  2. apterism
  3. apterium
  4. apternodontid
  5. apternodontids
  6. apterodontine
  7. apterodontines
  8. Apteron
  9. apteronotid
  10. apteronotids
  11. apterous

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