Definition of creodont in English:

creodont

noun ˈkriːədɒntˈkrēəˌdänt

A fossil carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores.
Order Creodonta: several families
Example sentencesExamples
- The brain of the creodonts was generally of relatively small size and their intelligence presumably low.
- New adaptive breakthroughs and evolutionary radiations also are apparent from such morphospace analysis, such as the reoccupation of creodont niches by nimravids, canids, and felids.
- Read about marsupials and creodonts who also grew ‘long in the tooth’.
- The slow clumsy creodonts, well adapted to the jungle thickets, were replaced by the swift intelligent cat and dog type carnivora as the dominant predators.
- In creodont carnivores, such as Hemipsalodon studied here, upper molars have carnassial blades as well.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Creodonta (plural), from Greek kreas 'flesh' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.

Definition of creodont in US English:

creodont

nounˈkrēəˌdänt

An extinct carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores.
Order Creodonta: several families
Example sentencesExamples
- Read about marsupials and creodonts who also grew ‘long in the tooth’.
- In creodont carnivores, such as Hemipsalodon studied here, upper molars have carnassial blades as well.
- New adaptive breakthroughs and evolutionary radiations also are apparent from such morphospace analysis, such as the reoccupation of creodont niches by nimravids, canids, and felids.
- The brain of the creodonts was generally of relatively small size and their intelligence presumably low.
- The slow clumsy creodonts, well adapted to the jungle thickets, were replaced by the swift intelligent cat and dog type carnivora as the dominant predators.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Creodonta (plural), from Greek kreas ‘flesh’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth’.

单词	creodont
释义	Definition of creodont in English: creodont noun ˈkriːədɒntˈkrēəˌdänt A fossil carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores. Order Creodonta: several families Example sentencesExamples The brain of the creodonts was generally of relatively small size and their intelligence presumably low. New adaptive breakthroughs and evolutionary radiations also are apparent from such morphospace analysis, such as the reoccupation of creodont niches by nimravids, canids, and felids. Read about marsupials and creodonts who also grew ‘long in the tooth’. The slow clumsy creodonts, well adapted to the jungle thickets, were replaced by the swift intelligent cat and dog type carnivora as the dominant predators. In creodont carnivores, such as Hemipsalodon studied here, upper molars have carnassial blades as well. Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Creodonta (plural), from Greek kreas 'flesh' + odous, odont- 'tooth'. Definition of creodont in US English: creodont nounˈkrēəˌdänt An extinct carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores. Order Creodonta: several families Example sentencesExamples Read about marsupials and creodonts who also grew ‘long in the tooth’. In creodont carnivores, such as Hemipsalodon studied here, upper molars have carnassial blades as well. New adaptive breakthroughs and evolutionary radiations also are apparent from such morphospace analysis, such as the reoccupation of creodont niches by nimravids, canids, and felids. The brain of the creodonts was generally of relatively small size and their intelligence presumably low. The slow clumsy creodonts, well adapted to the jungle thickets, were replaced by the swift intelligent cat and dog type carnivora as the dominant predators. Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Creodonta (plural), from Greek kreas ‘flesh’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth’.
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