单词 | glyptodon |
释义 | glyptodonn. An extinct South American quadruped allied to the armadillos, of the size of an ox, covered with a solid carapace, and having fluted teeth. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > fossil or extinct types of glyptodon1838 macrothere1859 ganodont1897 taeniodont1933 1838 Owen in Sir W. Parish Buenos Ayres 178 e From the regularly fluted or sculptured form of the tooth, I would propose to name the genus typified by this animal, ‘glyptodon’ (γλυϕω, sculpo, οδους, dens). 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 37 Vertebræ..anchylosed together into a solid bone, as in the extinct Glyptodon. 1889 Cent. Dict. Glyptodont. Derivatives glyptoˈdontoid adj. resembling (that of) a glyptodon. ΚΠ 1895 E. Bonavia Stud. Evol. Anim. 121 I do not say that the Jaguar is descended from a Glyptodon, but I do say that this mammal descended from some extinct animal with a glyptodontoid carapace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838 |
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