mylodon
/ˈmaɪlədən/noun
1- an extinct giant ground sloth found in Pleistocene ice age deposits in South America. It died out only 11,000 years ago.磨齿兽(发现于南美洲更新世冰期的一种大型地懒, 灭绝于11,000年前)。
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- Genus Glossotherium (formerly Mylodon), family Mylodontidae.舌懒兽属(原称磨齿兽属), 磨齿兽科。
词源
mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mulē 'mill, molar' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.