nimravid
A fossil nimravid (Hoplophoneus mentalis)
Meaning
Noun
- Any of the large extinct feliforms of the family Nimravidae, of the Middle to Late Miocene (40—7 million years ago).
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Origin
- From Translingual Nimravidae, ultimately from Nimrod + Latin avus ("ancestor").
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