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hemicyonines

hemicyonines is the plural of hemicyonine.

Meaning of hemicyonine

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

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Questions about hemicyonines

What is hemicyonines the plural of?
Hemicyonines is the plural of hemicyonine.

Words near hemicyonines in the dictionary

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

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