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xenarthrans

xenarthrans is the plural of xenarthran.

Meaning of xenarthran

Noun

xenarthran (plural xenarthrans)

  1. Any mammal of the superorder Xenarthra, of the Americas; an anteater, armadillo or sloth.
    • Elephant-shrews, xenarthrans, hystricognathous rodents, cetaceans, some pinnipeds, and primates depart sharply from this trend, however.1978, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Mammalogy, page 355

Questions about xenarthrans

What is xenarthrans the plural of?
Xenarthrans is the plural of xenarthran.

Words near xenarthrans in the dictionary

  1. xenan
  2. Xenaphile
  3. Xenaphiles
  4. xenarthral
  5. xenarthran
  6. xenarthrans
  7. xenarthrous
  8. Xenas
  9. xenate
  10. xenates
  11. Xenaverse

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