Etymology

condylarth

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Today it means: Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κόνδυλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόνδυλος“knuckle”
  2. English todaycondylarth

From the (disused) order name Condylarthra, from Ancient Greek κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”) + ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”).

Words from the same roots

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condyle

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