GLYPTODONT


Meaning of GLYPTODONT in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .