diprotodon

/ daɪˈprəʊtəʊˌdɒn /

noun

1. a large extinct marsupial of the Australian genus Diprotodon

Word History and Origins

Origin of diprotodon¹

C19: from Greek from di- ¹+ proto- + -odont , from its two prominent lower incisors

Example Sentences

The hind-foot of the Diprotodon could not be more unlike that of a Kangaroo than it actually is.

From Project Gutenberg

Even the marsupials in Australia produced a species (Diprotodon) as large as a rhinoceros with a skull three feet long.

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Diprotodon, a gigantic fossil marsupial from Pleistocene beds in Australia, allied to the kangaroos.

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