Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Tillodontia.
- noun A member of the Tillodontia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the Tillodontia.
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- noun zoology Any of a group of
extinct mammals of the order Tillodontia
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Examples
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If, for instance, he had had before him the disconnected fragments of an eocene tillodont he would undoubtedly have referred a molar tooth to one of his pachyderms, an incisor tooth to a rodent, and a claw bone to a carnivore.
chained_bear commented on the word tillodont
"A member of the Tillodontia, a group of extinct mammals apparently combining the characters of ungulates, rodents, and carnivora, whose remains are found in the Eocene of N. America." (OED)
September 15, 2008