mylodon

noun

my·​lo·​don

ˈmīləˌdän

1

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Mylodontidae) of large edentates of the Pleistocene of South America

2

plural -s : a mammal of the genus Mylodon

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from myl- + -odon

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