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mylodon

Meaning of "mylodon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MYLODON

ˈmaɪləˌdɒn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYLODON

noun
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preposition
conjunction
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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 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 · chaetodon · diprotodon · Euroclydon · iguanodon · Laomedon · Macedon · mastodon · megalodon · methadon · Mogadon · Myrmidon · pteranodon · smilodon · sphenodon · stegodon · Telidon

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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mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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milodonte
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mylodon
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mylodon
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Mylodon
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Mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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Mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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मायलोडन
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mylodon
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Mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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Mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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mylodon
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Trends of use of mylodon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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»

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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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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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