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condylarth

condylarth noun: any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.

Noun

condylarth (plural condylarths)

  1. Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.
    • In the 10 million years after the mass extinction, the first perissodactyls emerged from the confused wastebasket of animals called condylarths.2018 March 7, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian

Forms of condylarth

pluralcondylarths

Origin of condylarth

From the (disused) order name Condylarthra, from Ancient Greek κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”) + ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”).

Questions about condylarth

What does condylarth mean?
Condylarth means any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.
What part of speech is condylarth?
Condylarth is a noun.
What is the plural of condylarth?
The plural of condylarth is condylarths.

Words near condylarth in the dictionary

  1. condurrite
  2. condusive
  3. condy
  4. Condy's crystals
  5. condylar
  6. condylarth
  7. condylarthran
  8. condylarthrans
  9. condylarthrosis
  10. condylarthrous
  11. condylarths

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