GENUS MYLODON

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Mylodon" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mylodon"):

mylodon (large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America)

Holonyms ("genus Mylodon" is a member of...):

family Mylodontidae; Mylodontidae (extinct South American edentates)

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