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Glossotherium
noun
Glos·so·the·ri·um
\-ōˈthirēəm\
Definition of Glossotherium
: a genus of large South American Pleistocene ground sloths related to the genus Mylodon that have the nostrils completely enclosed by the premaxillae so that the skull has a superficial likeness to that of a turtle
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Origin and Etymology of glossotherium
New Latin, from gloss- + -therium
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