MYLODONTID

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A variety of extinct edentate

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mylodontid" is a kind of...):

edentate (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mylodontid"):

mapinguari (supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest)

Holonyms ("mylodontid" is a member of...):

family Mylodontidae; Mylodontidae (extinct South American edentates)

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