单词 | Oreodon |
释义 | ‖ Oreodon Palæont.|ɒˈriːədɒn| [mod.L. f. Gr. ὄρος, ὄρε-ος mountain + ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth: named by Leidy in 1851.] A genus of extinct ruminant mammals, typical of the family Oreodontidæ, the remains of which are found in the miocene tertiary formations of the western United States. Hence oˈreodont, oreoˈdontine adjs., of or pertaining to the Oreodontidæ.
1877Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 505 The Oreodon is another very remarkable animal, intermediate between the hog, the deer and the camel, which at this time inhabited the whole Continent from Nebraska to Oregon. |

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