entelodont

noun

en·​tel·​o·​dont

-änt

plural -s

: a member of a family (Entelodontidae) of giant pigs that appeared in the Eocene and reached their highest development in the Oligocene of the northern hemisphere compare dinohyus , entelodon

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Entelodontidae, from Entelodont-, Entelodon, type genus + -idae

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