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entelodonts

entelodonts is the plural of entelodont.

Meaning of entelodont

Noun

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

Questions about entelodonts

What is entelodonts the plural of?
Entelodonts is the plural of entelodont.

Words near entelodonts in the dictionary

  1. entelligent
  2. entellus
  3. entelodont
  4. entelodontid
  5. entelodontids
  6. entelodonts
  7. Enteman
  8. entempest
  9. entempested
  10. entempesting
  11. entempests

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