ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkȯidəˌdän noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mērykasthai to ruminate + New Latin -oides -oid + -odon
: a genus (the type of the family Merycoidodontidae) of Oligocene four-toed artiodactyls of the size of a peccary and the form of a swine that are regarded as probably archaic ruminants living in No. America from the Eocene to the early Pliocene