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multituberculate

/ˌmʌltitaɪˈbɝkjələt/ /ˌmʌltitaɪˈtjuːbɝkjələt/

Meanings

noun
Any of a small group of rodent-like mammals, of the order †Multituberculata, from the Cretaceous and Paleocene periods.

Examples :

"Paleontologists study fossils of the multituberculate, an extinct mammal that resembled a rodent and lived millions of years ago. "