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osteolaemine

osteolaemine noun: a crocodile of the subfamily Osteolaeminae.

Noun

osteolaemine (plural osteolaemines)

  1. A crocodile of the subfamily Osteolaeminae.
    • We describe two new osteolaemine crocodylids from the Early and early Middle Miocene of Kenya: Kinyang mabokoensis tax. nov. (Maboko, 15 Ma) and Kinyang tchernovi tax. nov. (Karungu and Loperot, 18 Ma). […] Tubulirostrine Euthecodon and gharials persist, but small flat‐snouted osteolaemines are...2022 June 8, Christopher A. Brochu et al., “Giant dwarf crocodiles from the Miocene of Kenya and crocodylid faunal dynamics in the late Cenozoic of East Africa”, in The Anatomical Record, Hoboken...

Forms of osteolaemine

pluralosteolaemines

Origin of osteolaemine

From taxonomic name Osteolaeminae.

Questions about osteolaemine

What does osteolaemine mean?
Osteolaemine means a crocodile of the subfamily Osteolaeminae.
What part of speech is osteolaemine?
Osteolaemine is a noun.
What is the plural of osteolaemine?
The plural of osteolaemine is osteolaemines.

Words near osteolaemine in the dictionary

  1. osteointegration
  2. osteokine
  3. osteokinematic
  4. osteokinematics
  5. osteokines
  6. osteolaemine
  7. osteolaemines
  8. osteolathyrism
  9. osteolathyrogenic
  10. osteolepid
  11. osteolepidid

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