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polyprotodont

polyprotodont noun: any marsupial of the order †Polyprotodontia.

Noun

polyprotodont (plural polyprotodonts)

  1. Any marsupial of the order †Polyprotodontia.

Adjective

polyprotodont (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the Polyprotodontia order.
    • The lack of a second cervical thymus in the pouch young thylacine is similar to the findings in all other polyprotodont marsupials studied to date [21 ] and further supports the findings of Johnstone [20 ].2015 December 15, “Immunological Insights into the Life and Times of the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of polyprotodont

pluralpolyprotodonts

Questions about polyprotodont

What does polyprotodont mean?
Polyprotodont means any marsupial of the order †Polyprotodontia.
What part of speech is polyprotodont?
Polyprotodont can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of polyprotodont?
The plural of polyprotodont is polyprotodonts.

Words near polyprotodont in the dictionary

  1. polypropylene glycols
  2. polypropylenes
  3. polyprotein
  4. polyproteins
  5. polyprotic
  6. polyprotodont
  7. polyprotodontid
  8. polyprotodonts
  9. polyps
  10. polypseudonymous
  11. polypseudorotaxane

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