Meanings
plural afrotheres
- biologyAn afrotherian.
Golden moles and tenrecs seem to be related to each other, and most modern authorities place them within the afrotheres.
2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Mariner Books, page 2221 more example
In the absence of a comprehensive fossil record for stem members of crown Afrotheria, most high-level phylogenetic analyses have been based primarily on the morphology of extant afrotheres[…].
2007, Rodolphe Tabuce et al., “Early Tertiary Mammals from North Africa Reinforce the Molecular Afrotheria Clade”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, volume 274, page 1159
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekθηρίον“beast”
- Englishafrothere
From Afrotheria, from Afro- + Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
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