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hystricognaths

hystricognaths is the plural of hystricognath.

Meaning of hystricognath

Noun

hystricognath (plural hystricognaths)

  1. Any member of the infraorder Hystricognathi of rodents, distinguished from other rodents by the bone structure of their skulls.
    • The New World hystricognath rodents (= caviomorphs) today represent one of the most diverse and widespread suborders among the over 800 mammal species of South America (Woods, 1982).1996, José Roberto Moreira, David W. Macdonald, “7: Capybara use and conservation in South America”, in V.J. Taylor, N. Dunstone, editors, Exploitation of Mammal Populations, page 89

Questions about hystricognaths

What is hystricognaths the plural of?
Hystricognaths is the plural of hystricognath.

Words near hystricognaths in the dictionary

  1. hystricids
  2. hystricine
  3. hystricism
  4. hystricognath
  5. hystricognathous
  6. hystricognaths
  7. hystricoid
  8. hystricomorph
  9. hystricomorphous
  10. hystricomorphs
  11. hystricomorphy

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