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multituberculate

/ˌmʌltitaɪˈbɝkjələt/ /ˌmʌltitaɪˈtjuːbɝkjələt/

Meanings

noun

多瘤齿兽

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. "
古生物学家研究多瘤齿兽的化石,这是一种已经灭绝的哺乳动物,外形像啮齿动物,生活在数百万年前。