GLOSSOTHERIUM


Meaning of GLOSSOTHERIUM in English

-ōˈthirēəm noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gloss- + -therium

: a genus of large So. American Pleistocene ground sloths related to the genus Mylodon that have the nostrils completely enclosed by the premaxillae so that the skull has a superficial likeness to that of a turtle

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