Xiphodon

noun

Xiph·​odon

ˈzifəˌdän

: a genus of small two-toed artiodactyls (suborder Tylopoda) from the Eocene of Europe (the type of the family Xiphodontidae)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from xiph- + -odon

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