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zygomaturine

zygomaturine noun: any extinct marsupial of the subfamily Zygomaturinae.

Noun

zygomaturine (plural zygomaturines)

  1. Any extinct marsupial of the subfamily Zygomaturinae.
    • In turn, there are two subfamilies of the diprotodontids: the zygomaturines, whose members have multi-cusped last upper premolars; and the diprotodontines, whose members have much simpler premolars.2000, Michael Archer, Australia's Lost World: Prehistoric Animals of Riversleigh, page 111

Forms of zygomaturine

pluralzygomaturines

Questions about zygomaturine

What does zygomaturine mean?
Zygomaturine means any extinct marsupial of the subfamily Zygomaturinae.
What part of speech is zygomaturine?
Zygomaturine is a noun.
What is the plural of zygomaturine?
The plural of zygomaturine is zygomaturines.

Words near zygomaturine in the dictionary

  1. zygomatics
  2. zygomaticum
  3. zygomaticus
  4. zygomaticus major
  5. zygomaticus minor
  6. zygomaturine
  7. zygomaturines
  8. zygomaxillare
  9. zygomaxillaria
  10. zygomaxillary
  11. zygomectomy

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