gomphothere

[网络] 嵌齿象科；剑齿象科

词形变化

gomphotheres 复数 gomphotheres

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the extinct proboscideans of the family Gomphotheriidae, that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene (12—1.6 million years ago), and latterly also in South America (around 3 million to 9100 years ago).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

elephant

词源

From Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “nail, peg, fastener, joint”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

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