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hyainailourines

hyainailourines is the plural of hyainailourine.

Meaning of hyainailourine

Noun

hyainailourine (plural hyainailourines)

  1. Any hyaenodontid afrothere of the genus Hyaenaelurus.
    • The postcranial elements, which are rarely associated with hyainailourine specimens, indicate an animal capable of a plantigrade stance and adapted for terrestrial locomotion.2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about hyainailourines

What is hyainailourines the plural of?
Hyainailourines is the plural of hyainailourine.

Words near hyainailourines in the dictionary

  1. hyaenoid
  2. hyah
  3. hyainailourid
  4. hyainailourids
  5. hyainailourine
  6. hyainailourines
  7. Hyakume
  8. hyal
  9. hyaladherin
  10. hyaladherins
  11. hyalea

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