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cynodont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cyn-odont
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From cyno- + -odont, from Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”) and ὀδόντος (odóntos), genitive singular of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth, tusk”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cynodonts (plural)

Derived Forms

eucynodont

Questions

What does cynodont mean?
Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
Where does cynodont come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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