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zhelestids

zhelestids is the plural of zhelestid.

Meaning of zhelestid

Noun

zhelestid (plural zhelestids)

  1. An extinct eutherian mammal of the family Zhelestidae.
    • The dinosaurs arriving from Asia proved the hardiest immigrants, though zhelestids (primitive insect-eating mammals that resembled elephant shrews) also somehow made it.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 31

Questions about zhelestids

What is zhelestids the plural of?
Zhelestids is the plural of zhelestid.

Words near zhelestids in the dictionary

  1. Zhegalkin polynomial
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  3. Zhejiang
  4. Zhejiangese
  5. zhelestid
  6. zhelestids
  7. Zheleznogorsk
  8. zhemchuzhnikovite
  9. Zhemgang
  10. zhen
  11. Zhen'an

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