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dryolestid

dryolestid noun: any of a group of extinct mammals of the order †Dryolestida.

Noun

dryolestid (plural dryolestids)

  1. Any of a group of extinct mammals of the order †Dryolestida.
    • A dog-sized dryolestid, Peligrotherium, the ‘lazy beast’, is known from the early Paleocene of Patagonia, while another, Necrolestes, the ‘grave-robber’, is from the same part of the world, but much later, in the Miocene.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 102

Forms of dryolestid

pluraldryolestids

Questions about dryolestid

What does dryolestid mean?
Dryolestid means any of a group of extinct mammals of the order †Dryolestida.
What part of speech is dryolestid?
Dryolestid is a noun.
What is the plural of dryolestid?
The plural of dryolestid is dryolestids.

Words near dryolestid in the dictionary

  1. drynursed
  2. drynurses
  3. drynursing
  4. drynx
  5. drynxes
  6. dryolestid
  7. dryolestidan
  8. dryolestidans
  9. dryolestids
  10. dryolestoid
  11. dryolestoids

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