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octodontid

octodontid noun: any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.

octodontid: any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other...
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Noun

octodontid (plural octodontids)

  1. Any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species
    Synonyms:
    degu

Synonyms of octodontid

Forms of octodontid

pluraloctodontids

Origin of octodontid

From Octodon + -id < Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), according to the wear pattern of the teeth of these rodents, which resembles a figure 8.

Questions about octodontid

What does octodontid mean?
Octodontid means any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species.
What part of speech is octodontid?
Octodontid is a noun.
What is the plural of octodontid?
The plural of octodontid is octodontids.

Words near octodontid in the dictionary

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

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