Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amphicyonid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-ph-i-cy-onid
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the family †Amphicyonidae of extinct carnivorans; a beardog.

Example Sentences

"Although now extinct, for over 30 million years amphicyonids predated their way around the Northern continents and Africa, successfully exploiting niches from more slender, wolf-like runners, to big stocky brutes that put the “bear” in “bear-dog”."

Inflected Forms

amphicyonids (plural)

Questions

What does amphicyonid mean?: Any member of the family †Amphicyonidae of extinct carnivorans; a beardog.

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