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Wynyardia

noun
Wyn·​yar·​dia | \ wə̇nˈyärdēə\

Definition of Wynyardia

: a genus of Tasmanian Pliocene or Miocene primitive fossil phalangers sometimes regarded as ancestral to the modern Australian opossums

History and Etymology for Wynyardia

New Latin, from Wynyard, town on northwestern coast of Tasmania + New Latin -ia

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