creodont
/ˈkriːədɒnt/noun
1- a fossil carnivorous mammal of the early Tertiary period, ancestral to modern carnivores（第三纪早期的）肉齿类动物。
1.1
- Order Creodonta: several families.肉齿目：数科。
词源
late 19th cent.:from modern Latin Creodonta (plural), from Greek kreas 'flesh' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.