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entelodont en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Any extinct pig-like omnivore in the family †Entelodontidae, from the Eocene and Miocene epochs.
    • [T]he Oligocene's signature species were an unsavoury group of pigs and pig-like creatures, foremost among which were the entelodonts, more popularly known as hell pigs, or terminator pigs. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 85:

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Synonyms

monster boar · terminator pig · hell pig