oreodont
[ awr-ee-uh-dont, ohr- ]
/ ˈɔr i əˌdɒnt, ˈoʊr- /
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noun
any of various extinct North American artiodactyls of the families Merycoidodontidae or Agriochoeridae, widespread from the late Eocene through early Miocene epochs.
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