diprotodon
/daɪˈpɹəʊtədɒn/
diprotodon noun: any individual of the extinct marsupial genus Diprotodon, similar to a wombat in appearance but the size of a small elephant.
Noun
diprotodon (plural diprotodons)
- Any individual of the extinct marsupial genus Diprotodon, similar to a wombat in appearance but the size of a small elephant.
- It is rather hard to understand how animals so largo and heavy as the diprotodons and gigantic kangaroos could have existed there when the country was in the same state in which it is now,[…].1882, Royal Society of New South Wales, Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, volume 15, page 51
- No fewer than eighty diprotodons are represented by the bones already unearthed, […]1893, Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods, The Literary Digest, volume 7, page 638
Forms of diprotodon
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Origin of diprotodon
From di- + proto- + -odon, due to its prominent two front teeth.
Questions about diprotodon
- What does diprotodon mean?
- Diprotodon means any individual of the extinct marsupial genus Diprotodon, similar to a wombat in appearance but the size of a small elephant.
- What part of speech is diprotodon?
- Diprotodon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce diprotodon?
- Diprotodon is pronounced /daɪˈpɹəʊtədɒn/.
- What is the plural of diprotodon?
- The plural of diprotodon is diprotodons.
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