condylarth

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noun

Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.

OriginAncient Greek κόνδυλος →
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Meanings

nouncondylarth (plural condylarths)

plural condylarths

  1. Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.

    In the 10 million years after the mass extinction, the first perissodactyls emerged from the confused wastebasket of animals called condylarths.

    2018 March 7, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκόνδυλος“knuckle”
  2. Englishcondylarth

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

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APA

condylarth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condylarth

MLA

“condylarth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condylarth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “condylarth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condylarth.

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