mylodont
/ˈmʌɪlədɒnt/Palaeontology
noun
Any of various extinct gigantic ground sloths constituting the family Mylodontidae or the superfamily Mylodontoidea, known from Miocene and Pleistocene remains found in South America.
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Mylodontidae or the superfamily Mylodontoidea.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Natural Science: a monthly review of scientific progress. From scientific Latin Mylodont-, taken as stem (after ancient Greek ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth) of Mylodon Mylodon: see -odont.
- Eid al-Adha
- multicausal
- multicell
- multicelled
- multicellular
- multicellularity
- multicenter
- multicentral
- multicentre
- multicentred
- multicentric
- multicentrically
- multichain
- multichannel
- multi-channelled
- multicharge
- multi-chip
- multi-choice
- multi-choke
- multichord
- multiciliate
- multiciliated
- multicipital
- multicircuit
- multicistronic