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Definition of Oreodont
1. a. Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.
Definition of Oreodont
1. Noun. (paleontology) A member of the genus ''Oreodon''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oreodont
1. an extinct sheep-sized mammal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Oreodont
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oreodont
Literary usage of Oreodont
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1894)
"The tarsus is oreodont in type, with some curious specializations, ... As in the
oreodont, and indeed most artiodactyls, the ecto- and ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1894)
"It should be remembered in this connection that in A. antiques the tarsus deviates
less from the oreodont type than does that of the later and larger A. ..."
3. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1899)
"These oreodont characters are so distinct that they led the late Professor Cope
... was merely an aberrant oreodont. While probable enough, the descent of ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"... an oreodont. Another discovery of importance, by the Texas party of the American
Museum, is the nearly complete shell of the armored edentate ..."
5. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"... an extinct oreodont. Order Carnivora. Felidae, cats: many partially, jaguar
only wholly. Viverridae, civets, etc. ..."
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