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hemicyonine

hemicyonine noun: a member of the extinct subfamily Hemicyoninae.

Noun

hemicyonine (plural hemicyonines)

  1. A member of the extinct subfamily Hemicyoninae.
    • The dog-bears (hemicyonines) looked like bulky, short-tailed dogs, but were in fact related to bears, and if this is not confusing enough, there was also a group of bear-dogs (amphycyonids).2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 87

Adjective

hemicyonine (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the extinct subfamily Hemicyoninae.

Forms of hemicyonine

pluralhemicyonines

Questions about hemicyonine

What does hemicyonine mean?
Hemicyonine means a member of the extinct subfamily Hemicyoninae.
What part of speech is hemicyonine?
Hemicyonine can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of hemicyonine?
The plural of hemicyonine is hemicyonines.

Words near hemicyonine in the dictionary

  1. hemicyclic
  2. hemicylinder
  3. hemicylinders
  4. hemicylindric
  5. hemicylindrical
  6. hemicyonine
  7. hemicyonines
  8. hemicystectomies
  9. hemicystectomy
  10. hemidactyl
  11. hemidactyline

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