Ancylopoda

plural noun

An·​cy·​lop·​o·​da

ˌansəˈläpədə

in some classifications

: a division of fossil Miocene and Pliocene ungulates of both the Old and the New World having clawed feet resembling those of the edentates

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ankyl- + -poda

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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