英语词汇“creodont”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

creodont

/ˈkriːədɒnt

noun

A fossil carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores.

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.
The brain of the creodonts was generally of relatively small size and their intelligence presumably low.

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

单词	creodont
释义	creodont /ˈkriːədɒnt / noun A fossil carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores. Order Creodonta: several families. 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. The brain of the creodonts was generally of relatively small size and their intelligence presumably low. Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Creodonta (plural), from Greek kreas 'flesh' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.
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