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Meaning of dryolestid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of a group of extinct mammals of the order †Dryolestida.

Examples

“A dog-sized dryolestid, Peligrotherium, the ‘lazy beast’, is known from the early Paleocene of Patagonia, while another, Necrolestes, the ‘grave-robber’, is from the same part of the world, but much later, in the Miocene.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

dryolestidan dryolestoid dryomorph dryomorphan dryomyzid dryophthorid

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