Fimbrethil

Translingual

Etymology

Named by Leigh Van Valen after the character Fimbrethil in Tolkien's legendarium, which is in turn from Sindarin fim (“slender”) + brethil (“beech”).

Proper noun

Fimbrethil

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Periptychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene, synonymized with Oxyacodon.

References

• Fimbrethil at Paleobiology Database