nimravid
/ˌnɪmˈreɪvɪd/
nimravid noun: any of the large extinct feliforms of the family Nimravidae, of the Middle to Late Miocene (40—7 million years ago).
Noun
nimravid (plural nimravids)
- Any of the large extinct feliforms of the family Nimravidae, of the Middle to Late Miocene (40—7 million years ago).
- The earliest nimravids, Dinictis and Hoplophoneus of western North America, were already saber-toothed, with large, serrated, and laterally compressed upper canine teeth and a protective bony flange on the mandible.2006, Kenneth D. Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, unnumbered page
- Feliformia includes the more catlike carnivorans: nimravids and barbourofelids (the extinct, so-called false sabertooths, though "false" alludes to their relationship to sabertooth felids, because their upper canine teeth were quite large in some forms), felids (true cats), herpestids (mongooses)...2013, Richard A. Fariña, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Gerry De Iuliis, Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America, page 125
- Synonyms:
- false sabre-toothed cat
Synonyms of nimravid
Forms of nimravid
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Origin of nimravid
From translingual Nimravidae, ultimately from Nimrod + Latin avus (“ancestor”).
Questions about nimravid
- What does nimravid mean?
- Nimravid means any of the large extinct feliforms of the family Nimravidae, of the Middle to Late Miocene (40—7 million years ago).
- What part of speech is nimravid?
- Nimravid is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nimravid?
- Nimravid is pronounced /ˌnɪmˈreɪvɪd/.
- What is the plural of nimravid?
- The plural of nimravid is nimravids.
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