Diprotodon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /daɪˈpɹəʊtədɒn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Diprotodon is a noun meaning Any individual of the extinct marsupial genus Diprotodon, similar to a wombat in appearance but the size of a small elephant.
Meaning
Any individual of the extinct marsupial genus Diprotodon, similar to a wombat in appearance but the size of a small elephant.
Example Sentences
No fewer than eighty diprotodons are represented by the bones already unearthed, […]
Soon we had a good view of the diprotodons, relatives of the present-day wombat but vastly larger.
It is rather hard to understand how animals so largo and heavy as the diprotodons and gigantic kangaroos could have existed there when the country was in the same state in which it is now,[…].
Word Forms
- diprotodons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include diprotodontid, diprotodontian, diprotodont, diprotodontoid, polyprotodont, vombatomorph.
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