Borophagine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Borophagine is a noun meaning Any extinct canid of the subfamily Borophaginae; a bone-crushing dog.
Meaning
Any extinct canid of the subfamily Borophaginae; a bone-crushing dog.
Example Sentences
The arctoids and early borophagine canids are the hallmark of the North American Mid-Miocene epoch.
The history of the borophagines also begins with a small fox-like form, Archaeocyon, in the late Oligocene.
Word Forms
- borophagines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beardog, borhyaenid, amphicyonid, probainognathid, proborhyaenid, bolosaurid.
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