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MYLODON: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  'mIludun

Matching Terms:  mylodontid, Mylodontidae

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
 
 See Also: edentate, genus Mylodon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Myl"o*don\, n. [Gr. ? a mill + ?, ?, a tooth.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates,
allied to Megatherium.
 

 

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