Miacidae

plural noun
Mi·​ac·​i·​dae | \ mīˈasəˌdē\

Definition of Miacidae

: a family of primitive generalized carnivorous mammals widely distributed from the Palaeocene through the lower Oligocene, sometimes classed with the creodonts, but probably being early ancestral types of the Fissipeda

History and Etymology for Miacidae

New Latin, from Miacis, type genus + -idae

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