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Meaning of "mylodon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MYLODON

mylodon  [ˈmaɪləˌdɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYLODON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mylodon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MYLODON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mylodon

Mylodon

Mylodon is an extinct genus of giant ground sloth that lived in the Patagonia area of South America until roughly 10,000 years ago.

Definition of mylodon in the English dictionary

The definition of mylodon in the dictionary is any prehistoric giant sloth of the genus Myolodon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MYLODON


celadon
ˈsɛləˌdɒn
chaetodon
ˈkiːtəʊˌdɒn
diprotodon
daɪˈprəʊtəʊˌdɒn
Euroclydon
jʊˈrɒklɪˌdɒn
iguanodon
ɪˈɡwɑːnəˌdɒn
Laomedon
leɪˈɒmɪˌdɒn
Macedon
ˈmæsɪˌdɒn
mastodon
ˈmæstəˌdɒn
megalodon
ˈmɛɡələʊˌdɒn
methadon
ˈmeθəˌdɒn
Mogadon
ˈmɒɡəˌdɒn
Myrmidon
ˈmɜːmɪˌdɒn
pteranodon
teˈrænəˌdɒn
smilodon
ˈsmɪləˌdɒn
sphenodon
ˈsfiːnəˌdɒn
stegodon
ˈstɛɡəˌdɒn
Telidon
ˈtɛlɪˌdɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MYLODON

myelopathic
myelopathy
Myers
mygale
myiases
myiasis
myiophilous
myiophily
Mykonos
Mylae
mylar
mylohyoid
mylonite
mylonitic
mylonitisation
mylonitise
mylonitization
mylonitize
myna
mynah

WORDS THAT END LIKE MYLODON

abandon
anticodon
Armageddon
clarendon
codon
cordon
Croydon
Cuban solenodon
East London
Gordon
Greater London
Haitian solenodon
Huntingdon
I beg your pardon
London
pardon
Poseidon
solenodon
Swindon
Wimbledon

Synonyms and antonyms of mylodon in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mylodon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MYLODON

Find out the translation of mylodon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mylodon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mylodon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mylodon
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mylodon
570 millions of speakers

English

mylodon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mylodon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mylodon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mylodon
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

milodonte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mylodon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mylodon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mylodon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mylodon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mylodon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mylodon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mylodon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mylodon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mylodon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायलोडन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mylodon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mylodon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mylodon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mylodon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mylodon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Mylodon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mylodon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mylodon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mylodon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mylodon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MYLODON»

The term «mylodon» is normally little used and occupies the 142.168 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MYLODON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mylodon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYLODON»

Discover the use of mylodon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mylodon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Description of the Skeleton of an Extinct Gigantic Sloth
The relations of the Megathere and Scelidothere to the Mylodon in the form of the lower jaw will be better appreciated when the modifications of this bone in the different species of Mylodon have been pointed out. In the Mylodon Darwinii the ...
Richard Owen, F.R.S., 1842
2
Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
The Mylodon, which had no proboscis, was compensated for its absence by a more largely developed tongue, and is thus contrasted with the almost tongueless elephant. It will at once occur to the reader that these Mega- therian animals must ...
‎1843
3
Iowa Geological Survey
Megalonyx and Mylodon; Big Bone Lick, Boone county, Kentucky. 4. Megalonyx; White county, Tennessee. 5. Megalonyx, Mylodon and Ereptodon; Natchez, Mississippi. 6. Megalonyx; Tuscumbia, Alabama. 7. Megalonyx; Henderson ...
‎1914
4
Reports and Papers
Megalonyx; Greenbrier county, West Virginia. 2. Megalonyx; Memphis, Tennessee. 3. Megalonyx and Mylodon; Big Bone Lick, Boone county, Kentucky. 4. Megalonyx; White county, Tennessee. 5. Megalonyx, Mylodon and Ereptodon; Natchez, ...
‎1914
5
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
740. Wortman, J. L. 1897 B. Zittel, K. A. 1893 B, p. 137. Mylodon. harlani. Owen. Owen, R. 1840 F, pp. 68,69, pl. xvii, figs. 3, 4. Carpenter, W. M. 1846 A, p. 249. ( Oryctotherium;” identification very doubtful.) Claypole, E. W. 1891 A. Cooper ...
‎1902
6
Odontography Or, a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of ...
Mylodon robustus; but the difference is less, as compared with the lower molars in the Mylodon Darwinii. The two series of upper molar teeth are separated by a narrower palate in the Scelidothere than in the Mylodon. The first molar in the ...
‎1840
7
Hidden Animals: A Field Guide to Batsquatch, Chupacabra, and ...
David Oren, an American ornithologist who completed his Harvard doctorate in Brazil during the late 1970s, believes the classic mapinguari is actually a relict mylodon — a prehistoric ground sloth known from fossils found in Argentina and  ...
Michael Newton, 2009
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Among existing Edentata,' continues the Professor, ' the Mylodon, in the form of the posterior part and angle of the jaw, holds an intermediate place between the Ai and the great Armadillo ; in the form of the anchylosed symphysis of the lower  ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1839
9
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Among existing Edentata,' continues the Professor, 'the Mylodon, in the form of the posterior part and angle of the jaw, holds an intermediate place between the Ai and the great Armadillo ; in the form of the anchylosed symphysis of the lower  ...
George Long, 1839
10
The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].
Among existing Edentata,' continues the Professor, ' the Mylodon, in the form of the posterior part and angle of the jaw, holds an intermediate place between the Ai and the great Armadillo; in the form of the anchylosed symphysis of the lower ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, George Long, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYLODON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mylodon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Surveying the repair of ancient DNA from bones via high-throughput …
... enzymatic DNA repair with the PreCR and Nelson protocols was performed on four mammoth extracts (each in technical duplicates) and one mylodon blank. «BioTechniques.com, Jul 15»
2
What's In a Name?
They also liked spending time in caves and other under-the-surface areas, and some, such as the large mylodon sloths in South America, are ... «The Source Weekly, Feb 15»
3
Exploring Patagonia in the footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
It was a scrap of mylodon fur sent by Milward to his cousin Isobel as a wedding present that inspired Chatwin's Patagonian quest. The cemetery ... «The Australian, Feb 15»
4
Mammals that cannot see in the light
The nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, the 2-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni, and the extinct ground sloth Mylodon darwini, were ... «The Earth Times, Dec 14»
5
In Search Of… Darwin's Cryptids
Ameghino identified the bones as dermal ossicles, similar to those found in the skin of Mylodon, a species of ground sloth of medium-sized ... «Scientific American, Sep 14»
6
Sluggish sloths of yore evolved at an impressive pace
A life-size replica of a mylodon (Mylodon darwini), a now extinct prehistoric giant ground sloth. (CC/Dan Lundberg). LONDON, Sept. 10 (UPI) ... «UPI.com, Sep 14»
7
Did The Giant Sloth Die Out Less Than 150 Years Ago?
The giant sloth, or mylodon, was once thought to to have gone extinct long before humans arrived in South America. Some people now think ... «io9, Sep 14»
8
Exploring the glaciers of Torres del Paine
However, we stopped to see the Mylodon Cave about 25km to the north in the Benetiz Mountains. The main cave, used by prehistoric tribes, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Aug 14»
9
Subscribe to Gourmet
When he grew older he learned that it had in fact been a piece of a mylodon, a giant ground sloth that became extinct 10,000 years ago. It had come into Nanna ... «Australian Gourmet Traveller, Apr 14»
10
Quantitative PCR as a predictor of aligned ancient DNA read counts …
We extracted DNA from roughly 100 mg subsamples of 11 Mammuthus specimens and a Pleistocene Mylodon darwinii specimen (Supplementary Table S1) in ... «BioTechniques.com, Dec 13»

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