Cynodesmus

noun

Cyn·​o·​des·​mus

: a genus of extinct Miocene carnivores apparently derived from Cynodictis and on the direct ancestral line of the true dogs and wolves

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cyn- + Greek desmos bond

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