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单词 glyptodont
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
glyp•to•dont  (gliptə dont′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Paleontologyany edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of the Pleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bony armor.
  • Neo-Latin, stem of Glyptodon genus name, equivalent. to Greek glypt(ós) carved + -odōn (stem -odont-) -toothed, adjective, adjectival derivative of odó̄n tooth
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
glyptodont /ˈɡlɪptəˌdɒnt/ n
  1. any extinct late Cenozoic edentate mammal of the genus Glyptodon and related genera, of South America, which resembled giant armadillos
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek gluptos carved + -odont
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