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borophagines

borophagines is the plural of borophagine.

Meaning of borophagine

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

Questions about borophagines

What is borophagines the plural of?
Borophagines is the plural of borophagine.

Words near borophagines in the dictionary

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

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