creodont

(krē′ə dänt′)

noun

any of a former suborder (Creodonta) of small, primitive, extinct carnivores with small brains

Origin: < ModL Creodonta, pl. < Gr kreas, flesh (see crude) + odous, tooth

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noun

Any of various extinct carnivorous mammals of the suborder Creodonta, of the Paleocene Epoch to the Pliocene Epoch.

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Creodonta, suborder name

Origin: : Greek kreas, flesh; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Greek odous, odont-, tooth

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