Etymology

glyptodont

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Today it means: Any edentate of an extinct clade of South American armadillos which is identified either as family †Glyptodontidae or as subfamily †Glyptodontinae of family Chlamyphoridae. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γλυπτός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγλυπτός
  2. English todayglyptodont

From Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós) + -odont.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγλυπτός all →

glyptotheca

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