Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Oreodontidæ, named by Leidy in 1851 from remains occurring in the Miocene of North America.
- noun [lowercase] A species of this genus; one of the so-called ruminating hogs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Paleon.) A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer.
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Examples
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One extinct animal, called the Oreodon, had grinding teeth like lions, cats, etc., and must have belonged to a race that lived on vegetables and flesh, and yet chewed the cud like a cow.
Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Edmund B. Tuttle
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Oreodon, an animal related to the camels, but with distinct affinities also with other lines, such as those of the hog and deer.
The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900
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