glyptodont

glyptodont [glip-tuh-dont] Word Origin noun

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

Origin of glyptodont 1830–40; New Latin, stem of Glyptodon genus name, equivalent to Greek glypt(ós) carved + -odōn (stem -odont-) -toothed, adj. derivative of odṓn tooth British Dictionary definitions for glyptodont glyptodont noun

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

Word Origin for glyptodont C19: from Greek gluptos carved + -odont