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‖ Scelidotherium Palæont.|ˌsɛlɪdəʊˈθɪərɪəm|
[mod.L. (Owen 1840), f. scelid(o)- (see scelides) + Gr. θηρίον wild animal.]
A genus of megatherioid edentate mammals. Also anglicized ˈscelidoˌthere, an animal of this genus.
1840Owen in Zool. Beagle i. 75 The teeth, however, are fewer in the Scelidothere than in any Armadillo. 1847Ansted Anc. World xv. 369 The Scelidotherium..differs rather more from the Megatheroid type than either the Mylodon or Megalonyx... In all important points however..the Scelidothere and the Megatherium are so closely analogous that they hardly admit of a separate description. |