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borophagine

borophagine noun: any extinct canid of the subfamily Borophaginae; a bone-crushing dog.

borophagine: any extinct canid of the subfamily Borophaginae; a bone-crushing dog
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Noun

borophagine (plural borophagines)

  1. Any extinct canid of the subfamily Borophaginae; a bone-crushing dog.
    • Except in Borophagus and late Hemphillian Osteoborus, there is an entepicondylar foramen in borophagines, found in no living canid or hyaenid, but characteristic of felid humeri. In C. lupus and borophagines the lateral epicondyle bears two or more facets for the origin of the carpal and digital...1989, Kathleen Munthe, The Skeleton of the Borophaginae (Carnivora, Canidae): Morphology and Function, Publications in Geological Sciences, Volume 133, University of California Press, page 66
    • The arctoids and early borophagine canids are the hallmark of the North American Mid-Miocene epoch.1993, Frederick S. Szalay, Michael J. Novacek, Malcolm C. McKenna, Mammal Phylogeny: Placentals, Springer-Verlag, page 69

Forms of borophagine

pluralborophagines

Questions about borophagine

What does borophagine mean?
Borophagine means any extinct canid of the subfamily Borophaginae; a bone-crushing dog.
What part of speech is borophagine?
Borophagine is a noun.
What is the plural of borophagine?
The plural of borophagine is borophagines.

Words near borophagine in the dictionary

  1. boronyl
  2. boronyls
  3. Boroondara
  4. boropeptide
  5. boropeptides
  6. borophagine
  7. borophagines
  8. borophagous
  9. borophane
  10. borophene
  11. borophenes

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