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Definition of Genus loxodonta
1. Noun. A genus of Elephantidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Elephantidae, Family Elephantidae
Member holonyms: African Elephant, Loxodonta Africana
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Loxodonta
Literary usage of Genus loxodonta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fossil Elephantoids: from the Hominid-Bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash by Jon Kalb (2007)
"... of the MÌ extend to the posterior half of the molar and are present on the
buccal side. Genus LOXODONTA F. Cuvier and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1825 ..."
2. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"may be considered members of the genus Loxodonta. ... The genus Loxodonta was
doubtless of African derivation in late Miocene time. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1828)
"... of enamel irregularly festooned ; while in those of the African elephant, the
type of the new genus Loxodonta, the enamel is disposed in lozenges. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1828)
"... of enamel irregularly festooned; while in those of the African elephant, the
type of the new genus Loxodonta, the enamel is disposed in lozenges. ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"genus loxodonta (F. (Juv.), has a more rounded head, a rather convex forehead,
enormously long ears, and cheek teeth with lozenge-shaped divisions of the ..."