Achaenodon

Translingual

Etymology

From a- (“not”, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)) +‎ Ancient Greek χαίνω (khaínō, “to gape; to yawn”) +‎ -odon (“-toothed”, from Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn)). Coined by American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1873.

Proper noun

†Achaenodon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Helohyidae – an extinct even-toed ungulate.

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