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mesonychid

mesonychid noun: an extinct carnivore of the order †Mesonychia.

Noun

mesonychid (plural mesonychids)

  1. An extinct carnivore of the order †Mesonychia.
    • The ancestors of modern cetaceans were probably large land creatures called mesonychids [...] that lived in the Paleocene epoch.1971 Dec, National Geographic, page 884

Forms of mesonychid

pluralmesonychids

Questions about mesonychid

What does mesonychid mean?
Mesonychid means an extinct carnivore of the order †Mesonychia.
What part of speech is mesonychid?
Mesonychid is a noun.
What is the plural of mesonychid?
The plural of mesonychid is mesonychids.

Words near mesonychid in the dictionary

  1. mesonotum
  2. mesonoxian
  3. mesons
  4. mesonychian
  5. mesonychians
  6. mesonychid
  7. mesonychids
  8. mesopallia
  9. mesopallial
  10. mesopallium
  11. mesoparasite

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