dicynodont
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of dicynodont
C19: from Greek, from di- 1 + kuōn dog + -odont
Example Sentences
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Examining the dicynodont skulls, the team found that a shift occurred midway through the group’s evolution: the appearance of soft tissue attachments supporting the teeth, akin to the ligaments present in modern mammals.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
To work out how these animals evolved their tusks, Dr. Whitney and her colleagues collected bone samples from 10 dicynodont species, among them the tiny, big-eyed Diictodon and the tank-like Lystrosaurus.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
They didn't immediately recognize the new dicynodont as such—in part because it is so big, Sulej says.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2018
But skull fragments and limb bones identified the animal as the biggest, most recent dicynodont ever found.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2018
Where was man in the time of the dicynodont, and when hoary monsters wallowed in the mud?
From The Story of an African Farm, a novel by Schreiner, Olive
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