Doedicurus

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Etymology

"pestle tail" (presumably because the bony tail looks like a grinding pestle when it is found without the spikes)

Proper noun

Doedicurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Glyptodontidae – a prehistoric glyptodont from the Pleistocene.