Definitions for creodont

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creodont cre·o·dont

Spelling: [kree-uh-dont]

IPA: /ˈkri əˌdɒnt/

Creodont is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in creodont (cdenoort).

Definitions for creodont

noun

1. any of a diverse group of extinct predatory mammals, from the Paleocene to Pleistocene epochs, that constituted the suborder Creodonta, of the order Carnivora, developing along evolutionary lines somewhat parallel to those of the ancestors of modern carnivores and typically having a stocky, doglike body and a long, low skull.

Origin of creodont

New Latin Creodonta (1875) name of the group, equivalent to cre- (Greek kréas flesh) + -odont- -odont + -a neuter plural ending

Examples for creodont

There are, however, other points of likeness which seem rather to point to a creodont origin.

The well-known plantigrade tread of bears is a primitive characteristic which has survived from their creodont ancestry.

The group is believed to be derived from a creodont allied to the Eocene Palaeonictis (see creodonta).