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

litoptern

/lɪˈtɒptəːn

noun

An extinct South American hoofed mammal resembling a horse or camel, found from the Palaeocene to the Pleistocene epochs.

Order Litopterna: several families.

Many strange mammals - litopterns, notoungulates, ground sloths, borhyeanas, etc - continued to evolve in isolation in South America before a land bridge formed and allowed a devastating invasion of forms from the north.

Origin

Early 20th century: from modern Latin Litopterna, from Greek litos 'smooth' + pternē 'heel bone'.

单词	litoptern
释义	litoptern /lɪˈtɒptəːn / noun An extinct South American hoofed mammal resembling a horse or camel, found from the Palaeocene to the Pleistocene epochs. Order Litopterna: several families. Many strange mammals - litopterns, notoungulates, ground sloths, borhyeanas, etc - continued to evolve in isolation in South America before a land bridge formed and allowed a devastating invasion of forms from the north. Origin Early 20th century: from modern Latin Litopterna, from Greek litos 'smooth' + pternē 'heel bone'.
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