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hyracotheria

hyracotheria is the plural of hyracotherium.

Meaning of hyracotherium

Noun

hyracotherium (plural hyracotheriums or hyracotheria)

  1. Any of the extinct genus †Hyracotherium of ungulates.
    • A few mini-beasts occasionally turn up among the mega: an inventive set of paper flaps in the corner of one page illustrates the evolution of the modern wild horse from the diminutive hyracotherium, a cat-size equine ancestor from the Cenozoic era.2007 May 13, J. D. Biersdorfer, “Dinosaurigami”, in New York Times

Questions about hyracotheria

What is hyracotheria the plural of?
Hyracotheria is the plural of hyracotherium.

Words near hyracotheria in the dictionary

  1. hyracodontids
  2. hyracoid
  3. hyracoidean
  4. hyracoideans
  5. hyracoids
  6. hyracotheria
  7. hyracotheriine
  8. hyracotherium
  9. hyracotheriums
  10. hyrax
  11. hyraxes

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