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diprotodont
/ daɪˈprəʊtəʊˌdɒnt /
noun
- any marsupial of the group or suborder Diprotodontia, including kangaroos, phalangers, and wombats, having fewer than three upper incisor teeth on each side of the jaw Compare polyprotodont
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diprotodont1
C19: from Greek from di- 1+ proto- + -odont
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Example Sentences
Among the diprotodont types the Phascolomyidae, or Wombats, have a dentition recalling that of the Rodents.
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But it is now known that Diprotodont Marsupials formerly existed in the same part of the world.
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It lives apparently upon bird's eggs and small birds, though it belongs to the Diprotodont division of the Marsupials.
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Abderites is also typically Diprotodont by reason of the large projecting incisors of the lower jaw.
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The affinities with other Diprotodont Marsupials are shown by the commencing syndactyly of the second and third toes.
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