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单词 polymastodont
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polymastodontadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Polymastodont-, Polymastodon.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Polymastodont-, taken as stem of Polymastodon, former genus name (E. D. Cope 1882, in Amer. Naturalist 16 684)) < poly- poly- comb. form + ancient Greek μαστός breast, nipple (see masto- comb. form2) + ὀδοντ- , ὀδούς tooth n.; compare -odont comb. form. Compare mastodon n., mastodont n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫlimæ·stŏdǫnt) /pɒlɪˈmæstədɒnt/.
Palaeontology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating the genus Taeniolabis (formerly Polymastodon), comprising extinct North American multituberculate mammals characterized by three rows of cusps on the upper molars and known from remains of the Palaeocene and early Eocene.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Polymastodont a., having many molar tubercles; of or pertaining to the Polymastodontidæ.
B. n.
A mammal of this genus.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Polymastodont n., a polymastodon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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