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toxodon

toxodon noun: a gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.

Noun

toxodon (plural toxodons)

  1. A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.
    • "Finally, I will assuredly give some account of the toxodon, the giant ten-foot guinea pig, with projecting chisel teeth, which we killed as it drank in the grey of the morning by the side of the lake."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘Our Eyes have seen Great Wonders’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 277

Forms of toxodon

pluraltoxodons

Origin of toxodon

From the genus name.

Questions about toxodon

What does toxodon mean?
Toxodon means a gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.
What part of speech is toxodon?
Toxodon is a noun.
What is the plural of toxodon?
The plural of toxodon is toxodons.

Words near toxodon in the dictionary

  1. toxochelyid
  2. toxochelyids
  3. toxocone
  4. toxocones
  5. toxoconic
  6. toxodon
  7. toxodons
  8. toxodont
  9. toxodontian
  10. toxodontians
  11. toxodontid

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