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entelodont

entelodont noun: any extinct pig-like omnivore in the family †Entelodontidae, from the Eocene and Miocene epochs.

Noun (1)

entelodont (plural entelodonts)

  1. Any extinct pig-like omnivore in the family †Entelodontidae, from the Eocene and Miocene epochs.
    • [T]he Oligocene's signature species were an unsavoury group of pigs and pig-like creatures, foremost among which were the entelodonts, more popularly known as hell pigs, or terminator pigs.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 85

Noun (2) capitalized: Entelodont

Entelodont (plural Entelodonts)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of entelodont.

Synonyms of entelodont

Forms of entelodont

pluralentelodonts
pluralEntelodonts

Questions about entelodont

What does entelodont mean?
Entelodont means any extinct pig-like omnivore in the family †Entelodontidae, from the Eocene and Miocene epochs.
What part of speech is entelodont?
Entelodont is a noun.
What is the plural of entelodont?
The plural of entelodont is entelodonts.

Words near entelodont in the dictionary

  1. entelechy
  2. entelegyne
  3. entelegynes
  4. entelligent
  5. entellus
  6. entelodont
  7. entelodontid
  8. entelodontids
  9. entelodonts
  10. Enteman
  11. entempest

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