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glyptodont

glyptodont noun: any edentate of an extinct clade of South American armadillos which is identified either as family †Glyptodontidae or as subfamily †Glyptodontinae of family Chlamyphoridae.

glyptodont: any edentate of an extinct clade of South American armadillos which is identified either as family...
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Noun

glyptodont (plural glyptodonts)

  1. Any edentate of an extinct clade of South American armadillos which is identified either as family †Glyptodontidae or as subfamily †Glyptodontinae of family Chlamyphoridae.

Forms of glyptodont

pluralglyptodonts

Origin of glyptodont

From Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós) + -odont.

Words formed from glyptodont

Questions about glyptodont

What does glyptodont mean?
Glyptodont means any edentate of an extinct clade of South American armadillos which is identified either as family †Glyptodontidae or as subfamily †Glyptodontinae of family Chlamyphoridae.
What part of speech is glyptodont?
Glyptodont is a noun.
What is the plural of glyptodont?
The plural of glyptodont is glyptodonts.

Words near glyptodont in the dictionary

  1. glyptical
  2. glyptics
  3. glyptocrinid
  4. glyptodon
  5. glyptodons
  6. glyptodont
  7. glyptodontid
  8. glyptodontids
  9. glyptodontoid
  10. glyptodonts
  11. glyptogenesis

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