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apterodontines

apterodontines is the plural of apterodontine.

Meaning of apterodontine

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

Questions about apterodontines

What is apterodontines the plural of?
Apterodontines is the plural of apterodontine.

Words near apterodontines in the dictionary

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

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