Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
glyptodon n.
extinct gigantic mammal, 1838, irregularly formed from Greek glyptos “engraved” (verbal adjective of glyphein; see glyph) + odon (genitive odontos) “tooth” (see tooth).
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The glyptodon is known to have been more than eleven feet in length, and his near-kinsman, the chlamydothere, was even larger.
Royal Dixon
A primitive genus also appears to be Peltephilus, which is perhaps rather an Armadillo than a Glyptodon.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
The descending process of the zygomatic arch is not so extraordinarily exaggerated as it is in Glyptodon.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
Both feet are here four-toed, while in Glyptodon the hind-feet are five-toed and the fore-feet four-toed.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
One would have thought from its size and strength that the Glyptodon had been built, like Rome, for eternity.
H. N. Hutchinson