mylodontn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪlədɒnt/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪləˌdɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Mylodont-, Mylodon.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mylodont-, taken as stem (after ancient Greek ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth) of Mylodon Mylodon n.: see -odont comb. form.

Palaeontology.

A. n.

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. Cf. Mylodon n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > extinct sloths > genus Mylodon > member of

Mylodon1839

mylodont1899

1899 Nat. Sci. 14 266 Mylodonts were known to have been contemporaneous with man in other parts of Argentina farther north.

1906 Science 24 Aug. 249/2 A large scapula resembling that of a mylodont was found partly exposed.

1966 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 3) xxv. 295/1 The mylodonts appear to have had a separate history from the other families since the Oligocene.

1997 Jrnl. S. Amer. Earth Sci. 10 29 The fossiliferous sequences suggest that mastodonts disappeared before mylodonts and equids.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Mylodontidae or the superfamily Mylodontoidea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [adjective] > belonging to genus Mylodon

mylodont1899

1899 Nat. Sci. 14 267 The claw is of a mylodont..type.

1933 Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 23 426 (title) Mylodont (ground sloth) dermal ossicles from Colombia, South America.

1994 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 14 iii. Suppl. 37 a/2 Mylodont ground sloths are widely distributed across the United States.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mylodont
释义	mylodontn.adj. Brit. /ˈmʌɪlədɒnt/, U.S. /ˈmaɪləˌdɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Mylodont-, Mylodon. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mylodont-, taken as stem (after ancient Greek ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth) of Mylodon Mylodon n.: see -odont comb. form. Palaeontology. A. n. 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. Cf. Mylodon n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > extinct sloths > genus Mylodon > member of Mylodon1839 mylodont1899 1899 Nat. Sci. 14 266 Mylodonts were known to have been contemporaneous with man in other parts of Argentina farther north. 1906 Science 24 Aug. 249/2 A large scapula resembling that of a mylodont was found partly exposed. 1966 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 3) xxv. 295/1 The mylodonts appear to have had a separate history from the other families since the Oligocene. 1997 Jrnl. S. Amer. Earth Sci. 10 29 The fossiliferous sequences suggest that mastodonts disappeared before mylodonts and equids. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the family Mylodontidae or the superfamily Mylodontoidea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [adjective] > belonging to genus Mylodon mylodont1899 1899 Nat. Sci. 14 267 The claw is of a mylodont..type. 1933 Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 23 426 (title) Mylodont (ground sloth) dermal ossicles from Colombia, South America. 1994 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 14 iii. Suppl. 37 a/2 Mylodont ground sloths are widely distributed across the United States. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1899
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