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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of the extinct Creodonta order of mammals that lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch.

Synonyms

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animaldinosaurmammoth

Etymology

From κρέας (kréas, “flesh”) + οδοντ- (odont-, “tooth”).

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