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condylarth

/kon-dl-ahrth/US // ˈkɒn dlˌɑrθ //

髁状突起,髁状动脉,髁状体

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.

Examples

  • The most abundant group of mammals in North America during this time was the condylarths.

  • Part of the reason for this is that condylarth teeth don’t generally resemble those of any living mammals.

  • The condylarth teeth that Eberle and Atteberry examined had previously been collected from a sandstone river channel in a quarry in south-central Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin.

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