Etymology

xenarthran

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Today it means: Any mammal of the superorder Xenarthra, of the Americas; an anteater, armadillo or sloth. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ξένος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromξένος“strange”
  2. English todayxenarthran

From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “strange”) + ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekξένος all →

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