Etymology

taeniodont

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Today it means: Any of a group of extinct mammals of the suborder Taeniodonta Full definition →

Ancient Greek ταινία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromταινία“band, ribbon”
  2. English todaytaeniodont

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon”) + -odont.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekταινία all →

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