glyptodont

American

[glip-tuh-dont] / ˈglɪp təˌdɒnt /

noun

any edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of the Pleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bony armor.

glyptodont British

/ ˈɡlɪptəˌdɒnt /

noun

any extinct late Cenozoic edentate mammal of the genus Glyptodon and related genera, of South America, which resembled giant armadillos

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Etymology

Origin of glyptodont

1830–40; < New Latin, stem of Glyptodon genus name, equivalent to Greek glypt ( ós ) carved + -odōn (stem -odont- ) -toothed, adj. derivative of odṓn tooth

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One fossil he collected was from an extinct animal called a glyptodont.

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