| 释义 |
mi·ac·i·dae
\mīˈasəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Miacis, type genus + -idae
: a family of primitive generalized carnivorous mammals widely distributed from the Palaeocene through the lower Oligocene, sometimes classed with the creodonts, but probably being early ancestral types of the Fissipeda |