Cingulatan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cingulatan is a noun meaning (rare) A mammal of the order Cingulata (including the armadillos and other extinct species).
Meaning
(rare) A mammal of the order Cingulata (including the armadillos and other extinct species).
Example Sentences
As a result, in the past, pilosans, cingulatans, and pangolins were frequently combined in the no-longer-recognized order Edentata.
In contrast, the success of the living pilosans and cingulatans was due to their occupation of relatively narrow niches, which allowed little space for the less specialized newcomers.
In contrast to what I perceive to be a lack of special similarity in the astragalocalcaneal complex of the Palaeanodonta and Pholidota, the palaeanodont and dasypodid cingulatan derived similarities of these two bones are extremely suggestive of a common ancestral pattern.
Word Forms
- cingulatans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cingulate, armadillo, cimolodontan, cimolodontid, caturid, cimolomyid.
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