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MYLODONTID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mylodontid mean?
• MYLODONTID (noun)
The noun MYLODONTID has 1 sense:
1. a variety of extinct edentate
Familiarity information: MYLODONTID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of extinct edentate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("mylodontid" is a kind of...):
edentate (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mylodontid"):
mapinguari (supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest)
Holonyms ("mylodontid" is a member of...):
family Mylodontidae; Mylodontidae (extinct South American edentates)
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