/glip"teuh dont'/ , n.
any edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of the Pleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bony armor.
[ 1830-40; Glyptodon genus name, equiv. to Gk glypt ( ós ) carved + -odon (s. -odont- ) -toothed, adj. deriv. of odón tooth ]