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borhyaenid

borhyaenid noun: any of the extinct marsupial-like mammals of the family Borhyaenidae.

Noun

borhyaenid (plural borhyaenids)

  1. Any of the extinct marsupial-like mammals of the family Borhyaenidae.
    • They eat the low vegetation cautiously and with eyes alert, constantly on the lookout for borhyaenids: pouched predators and relatives of marsupials with hyena-like crushing jaws and grooved, ever-growing canines.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 63

Forms of borhyaenid

pluralborhyaenids

Questions about borhyaenid

What does borhyaenid mean?
Borhyaenid means any of the extinct marsupial-like mammals of the family Borhyaenidae.
What part of speech is borhyaenid?
Borhyaenid is a noun.
What is the plural of borhyaenid?
The plural of borhyaenid is borhyaenids.

Words near borhyaenid in the dictionary

  1. borgos
  2. Borgou
  3. borgs
  4. Borgu
  5. borhani
  6. borhyaenid
  7. borhyaenids
  8. borhyaenoid
  9. borhyaenoids
  10. Boria
  11. borian

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