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Meaning of TOXODONTA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tox`o*don"ta\, n.pl. [NL.] (Paleon.)
An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American
Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved
and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be
related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also
{Toxodontia}.
 
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