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MYLODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mylodon mean?
• MYLODON (noun)
The noun MYLODON has 1 sense:
1. large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
Familiarity information: MYLODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("mylodon" is a kind of...):
edentate (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)
Holonyms ("mylodon" is a member of...):
genus Mylodon (type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae)
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