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synthetocerine

synthetocerine noun: an extinct protoceratid of the late Miocene comprising the genus Synthetoceras.

Noun

synthetocerine (plural synthetocerines)

  1. An extinct protoceratid of the late Miocene comprising the genus Synthetoceras.
    • Males of the group of Miocene North American deer-like animals, the synthetocerines, have a single, very long horn, balanced circus-like almost at the tip of their snouts, split at the tip like a barbecue fork.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 46

Forms of synthetocerine

pluralsynthetocerines

Questions about synthetocerine

What does synthetocerine mean?
Synthetocerine means an extinct protoceratid of the late Miocene comprising the genus Synthetoceras.
What part of speech is synthetocerine?
Synthetocerine is a noun.
What is the plural of synthetocerine?
The plural of synthetocerine is synthetocerines.

Words near synthetocerine in the dictionary

  1. synthetized
  2. synthetizes
  3. synthetizing
  4. synthetoceratine
  5. synthetoceratines
  6. synthetocerine
  7. synthetocerines
  8. syntheton
  9. synthetonic
  10. synthfuel
  11. synthfuels

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