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coryphodon

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[kuh-rif-uh-don] / kəˈrɪf əˌdɒn /

noun

Paleontology.

  1. a primitive hoofed mammal of the extinct genus Coryphodon, of the early Eocene Epoch, having a long, thickset body, short legs, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.

Etymology

Origin of coryphodon

1845; < New Latin < Greek koryph ( ḗ ) peak, top + odṓn tooth

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