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octodont

octodont adjective: of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.

Adjective

octodont (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.

Noun

octodont (plural octodonts)

  1. (archaic) An octodontid, a member of the family Octodontidae.

Forms of octodont

pluraloctodonts

Questions about octodont

What does octodont mean?
Octodont means of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.
What part of speech is octodont?
Octodont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near octodont in the dictionary

  1. octodecimal
  2. octodecimo
  3. octodecimos
  4. octodentate
  5. octodes
  6. octodont
  7. octodontid
  8. octodontids
  9. octodontine
  10. octodontoid
  11. octodontoids

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