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单词 nimravid
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nimravid

/nɪmˈreɪvɪd/
Palaeontology
noun
A large cat-like carnivorous mammal of the extinct family Nimravidae.
  • The nimravids are sometimes called the ‘false sabretooths’, in distinction from similar extinct animals belonging to the family Felidae..
adjective
Of or relating to the extinct family Nimravidae.

Origin

1980s; earliest use found in Journal of Mammalogy. From scientific Latin Nimravidae, family name from Nimravus, genus name (E. D. Cope 1879, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 170; from Nimr- + classical Latin avus grandfather, ancestor: see avital) + -idae.

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