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from The Century Dictionary.
- Having eight teeth (that is, four grinders above and below on each side); of or pertaining to the genus Octodon or the family Octodontidæ.
- noun A member of the genus Octodon or the family Octodontidæ; an octodon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Octodontidæ , a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of the Octodontidae, a
family ofrodents including thecoypu and many otherSouth American species .
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