英语词汇“nimravid”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

单词	nimravid
释义	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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