See Also: toxodon(medicine)
Toxodon(dictionary)

Toxodon (iou)



Toxodon noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from TOXO-1 + -ODON.]
Palaeontology. Any large notoungulate of the extinct genus Toxodon, which is characterized by strongly curved molar teeth and whose remains are found in Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits in S. America.
toxodont adjective & noun (a) adjective belonging to or having the characters of the genus Toxodon or the suborder Toxodontia; (b) noun a notoungulate of this suborder: L19.