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

entelodont

/ɛnˈtɛlədɒnt

noun

A large pig-like mammal of the Oligocene epoch with two bony knobs on its lower jaw.

Suborder Suina, order Artiodactyla.

Meanwhile the omnivorous niches were filled by giant pig-like entelodonts like Archaeotherium (shoulder height 1 metre), which retained short legs and low-crowned teeth....

Among the creatures that walk the face of this new, cooler earth is the entelodont, a monstrous forerunner of the pig with massive shoulders and what must be the ugliest mug ever to have graced a living creature.
The Asian indricatheres and the American entelodonts both flourished then died out during this epoch.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek entelēs 'perfect' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.

单词	entelodont
释义	entelodont /ɛnˈtɛlədɒnt / noun A large pig-like mammal of the Oligocene epoch with two bony knobs on its lower jaw. Suborder Suina, order Artiodactyla. Meanwhile the omnivorous niches were filled by giant pig-like entelodonts like Archaeotherium (shoulder height 1 metre), which retained short legs and low-crowned teeth.... Among the creatures that walk the face of this new, cooler earth is the entelodont, a monstrous forerunner of the pig with massive shoulders and what must be the ugliest mug ever to have graced a living creature. The Asian indricatheres and the American entelodonts both flourished then died out during this epoch. Origin Modern Latin, from Greek entelēs 'perfect' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.
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