glyptodont

[ glip-tuh-dont ]

noun

1. any edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of the Pleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bony armor.

glyptodont

/ ˈɡlɪptəˌdɒnt /

noun

1. any extinct late Cenozoic edentate mammal of the genus Glyptodon and related genera, of South America, which resembled giant armadillos

Word History and Origins

Origin of glyptodont¹

1830–40; < New Latin, stem of Glyptodon genus name, equivalent to Greek glypt ( ós ) carved + -odōn (stem -odont- ) -toothed, adj. derivative of odṓn tooth

Word History and Origins

Origin of glyptodont¹

C19: from Greek gluptos carved + -odont