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diprotodon
di·pro·to·don D5246950 (dī-prō′tə-dŏn′)n. A large extinct stocky quadrupedal marsupial of the genus Diprotodon that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene Epoch. [New Latin Diprōtodōn : Greek di-, two; see di- + prōto-, foremost, first, at the front; see proto- + odōn, odont-, tooth (from its two large tusklike lower incisors); see dent- in Indo-European roots.]diprotodon (daɪˈprəʊtəʊˌdɒn) n (Animals) a large extinct marsupial of the Australian genus Diprotodon[C19: from Greek from di-1 + proto- + -odont, from its two prominent lower incisors] |