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Definitions for Creodont
[1] any of a diverse group of extinct predatory mammals, from the Paleocene to Pleistocene epochs, that constituted the suborder Creodonta, of the order Carnivora, developing along evolutionary lines somewhat parallel to those of the ancestors of modern carnivores and typically having a stocky, doglike body and a long, low skull.
[2] any of a group of extinct Tertiary mammals some of which are thought to have been the ancestors of modern carnivores: order Carnivora
Words nearby Creodont
crenellated, crenocyte, crenshaw melon, crenulate, crenulation, creodont, creole, creole continuum, creole tomato, creole-fish, creolize
Origin of Creodont
< New Latin Creodonta (1875) name of the group, equivalent to cre- (< Greek kréas flesh) + -odont- -odont + -a neuter plural ending
Word origin for Creodont
C19: from New Latin Creodonta, from Greek kreas flesh + odōn tooth