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bone-crushing dogs

bone-crushing dogs is the plural of bone-crushing dog.

Meaning of bone-crushing dog

Noun

bone-crushing dog (plural bone-crushing dogs)

  1. Any of a subfamily (Borophaginae) of large extinct canids of North America, noted for powerful teeth and jaws.
    • Carnivore damage and age distribution of the bones of the rhinoceros Teleoceras suggest that the bone-crushing dog Osteoborus, or a related carnivore, significantly influenced the accumulation of some of the vertebrate fossils.1990, National Geographic Research

Questions about bone-crushing dogs

What is bone-crushing dogs the plural of?
Bone-crushing dogs is the plural of bone-crushing dog.

Words near bone-crushing dogs in the dictionary

  1. bone-cage
  2. bone-cages
  3. bone-chilling
  4. bone-crunching
  5. bone-crushing dog
  6. bone-crushing dogs
  7. bone-deep
  8. bone-dry
  9. bone-eating snot flower
  10. bone-eating snot flower worm
  11. bone-eating snot flower worms

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