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creodont

cre·o·dont [ kr ə dònt ] (plural cre·o·donts or cre·o·don·ta [ kr ə dòntə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
extinct carnivore: an extinct carnivorous mammal that lived during the Tertiary period. Suborder Creodonta.

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin Creodonta "flesh-toothed ones" < Greek kreas "flesh" + odont- "tooth"]
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