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hybodont

hybodont noun: an extinct shark (or similar fish) of the order Hybodontiformes.

Noun

hybodont (plural hybodonts)

  1. An extinct shark (or similar fish) of the order Hybodontiformes.
    • At least for one species of hybodont, the mountain lakes of Central Asia provided a nursery for their young, a place where adults would congregate and mate.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 165

Forms of hybodont

pluralhybodonts

Questions about hybodont

What does hybodont mean?
Hybodont means an extinct shark (or similar fish) of the order Hybodontiformes.
What part of speech is hybodont?
Hybodont is a noun.
What is the plural of hybodont?
The plural of hybodont is hybodonts.

Words near hybodont in the dictionary

  1. hyblaeid
  2. hyblaeids
  3. Hyblean
  4. Hybleans
  5. hybocarpone
  6. hybodont
  7. hybodontid
  8. hybodontids
  9. hybodonts
  10. hybosorid
  11. hybosorids

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