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paleodonts

paleodonts is the plural of paleodont.

Meaning of paleodont

Noun

paleodont (plural paleodonts)

  1. An artiodactyl belonging to the suborder Paleodonta.
    • Artiodactyls first appear in the fossil record in the Eocene as small generalized creatures scarcely distinguishable from primitive insectivores or early carnivores. These were the paleodonts […]1960, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Questions about paleodonts

What is paleodonts the plural of?
Paleodonts is the plural of paleodont.

Words near paleodonts in the dictionary

  1. paleodistributions
  2. paleodiversities
  3. paleodiversity
  4. paleodoline
  5. paleodont
  6. paleodonts
  7. paleodose
  8. paleodoses
  9. paleodosimetric
  10. paleodosimetry
  11. paleodrainage

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