MULTITUBERCULATE


Meaning of MULTITUBERCULATE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ m ə l-t ē - ˌ tü- ' b ə r-ky ə -l ə t

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin Multituberculata, ultimately from Latin multi - + New Latin tuberculatus tuberculate

Date: 1884

: any of an order (Multituberculata) of relatively small extinct mammals of the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic that typically resembled rodents, had many-cusped molars, and have no known living descendants

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