| 释义 |
‖ mylodon|ˈmaɪlədɒn|
[mod.L., f. Gr. µύλη, µύλο-ς mill, millstone, molar + ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth.]
A genus of gigantic extinct sloths from the Pleistocene, having teeth more or less cylindrical; an animal of this genus. So mylodont |ˈmaɪlədɒnt|; also used adj. = belonging to the genus Mylodon.
1839Penny Cycl. XV. 70/1 Mylodon (Owen). A genus of Edentate Megatherioids. 1840Owen in Zool. Voy. Beagle I. 72 The Mylodon..holds an intermediate place between the Ai and the great Armadillo. 1850Kingsley Alton Locke xxxvi, A mylodon among South American forests. 1899Nat. Sci. XIV. 266 Mylodonts were known to have been contemporaneous with man in other parts of Argentina farther north. Ibid. 267 The claw is of a mylodont..type. |