carnifex
Americannoun
plural
carnifexes, carnificesExample Sentences
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It is thought to have shared a common ancestor with modern-day wombats, and also looked a bit like a marsupial lion known as Thylacoleo carnifex, researcher Arthur Crichton said.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023
Researchers have long puzzled over precisely what T. carnifex ate, and debated the cause of its extinction.
From Nature • Oct. 22, 2018
Australia’s largest-ever marsupial predator, Thylacoleo carnifex, probably dined on creatures from densely forested environments, according to a recent analysis.
From Nature • Oct. 22, 2018
This would have left their predators, such as the marsupial lion T. carnifex, vulnerable to extinction.
From Nature • Oct. 22, 2018
"I have summoned the carnifex," said he, bolting the door and resuming his place at the table.
From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving
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